A 41-year-old woman was referred to our hospital presenting dysphonia, shortness of breath on moderate exertion and a one year history of stridor, with a history of RA diagnosed in 2002, and being treated with hydroxycholoroquine and NSAIDs. Nasofibrolaryngoscopy revealed a reddish growth compromising 70% of the subglottic lumen, with oedema and major hyperaemia of the supraglottic region and a...

Thirty young patients with acquired laryngeal stenosis were treated by means of a laryngofissure and stenting. The age distribution suggested two subgroups: infants aged 0-2 years (n = 24), and children aged 6-16 years (n = 6). The causes of the stenosis and the treatment results were different in these subgroups. Treatment resulted in successful decannulation in 22 of 24 infants, and in 5 of 6...

Case Description-  Seventeen dogs (fifteen adult small breed dogs and two adult large breed dogs) who tolerated ventriculocordectomy operation in small animal clinics.   Treatment and Outcome- Induction of anesthesia was done using routine anesthetic agants. After dorsal recumbency, incision of ventral midline cervical skin (thyroid region), the entire vocal folds and cords were removed. The...

Speech intelligibility is inversely related to the noise generated in the vocal folds, in the resonance cavities, and in the environment. In this study the intelligibility of two cordectomized groups of patients, treated with two different surgical techniques, was analysed. One group underwent laryngofissure with conventional surgery; the other underwent surgery by laser. Each group recorded a ...

Adult laryngeal hemangiomas (ALH) are clearly defined, with a bluish red color, appearing most often in the region of glottis and supraglottis. The principal symptom is hoarseness, occasional hemoptysis, advanced cases, dysphagia difficulty breathing. patient was 55-year-old female suffering from hoarseness for long time, experiencing shortness breath last 1 year she referred to our clinic emer...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Validating an antiadhesive strategy to prevent anterior glottic web (AGW) development. STUDY DESIGN Prospective animal study in rabbits. METHODS Fifteen New Zealand white rabbits were randomly divided into three equal groups (five rabbits each), applying either HyFence (HF: 0.1 g/vocal fold), an antiadhesive test agent; mitomycin-C (MMC: 1 mg/ml, 4 min) as reference th...

INTRODUCTION Airway foreign bodies (FBs) are often removed with endoscopic techniques. Although the vast majority of FBs can be removed endoscopically, this is not possible in all situations. With FBs that are either located beyond the reach of endoscopy or in the presence of significant granulation tissue, endoscopic removal may not be possible secondary to exceedingly high risk. Often in thes...

INTRODUCTION Cordectomy by laringofissure and transoral laser surgery has been proposed for the treatment of early glottic cancer. OBJECTIVES The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the prognostic value of margin status in 162 consecutive cases of early glottic carcinoma (Tis-T1) treated with CO2 laser endoscopic surgery (Group A) or laryngofissure cordectomy (Group B), and to com...