The anatomy of the posterior cricoid cartilage region was examined to obtain a better quantitative understanding of this region. The mean height and width of the posterior cricoid cartilage in the midline measured 24.5 mm and 25 mm respectively. The mean distance between the fibres for the left and right posterior cricoarytenoid muscles was 5 mm at the midpoint of the posterior cricoid cartilag...

Background. Cartilage provides flexible support for upper airway. Induction of cartilage healing is required for the success of many surgical interventions in the head and neck that are used as treatments for several diseases, such as subglottic stenosis and tumors of the larynx and thyroid. The BMPs constitute a large family of factors that is part of the transforming growth factor beta superf...

STUDY OBJECTIVE External cricoid and thyroid cartilage manipulations are commonly taught to facilitate laryngeal view during intubation. We compare the laryngeal views during laryngoscopy with 4 manipulations (no manipulation, cricoid pressure, backward-upward-rightward pressure [BURP], and bimanual laryngoscopy) to determine the method that optimizes laryngeal view. METHODS This was a random...

We have assessed the effect of cricoid pressure on insertion of and ventilation through the cuffed oropharyngeal airway (COPA) in 53 patients, in a double-blind, randomized study. Two anaesthetists assessed adequacy of ventilation in anaesthetized and paralysed patients at the same time but using different methods. The first assessed ventilation clinically, by observing synchronized chest expan...

A study was conducted to investigate the association of anaemia with dysphagia and cricoid webs in an adult Indian hospital population of 2,840 patients (1,200 males and 1,640 females). There were 150 cases (5.2%) of anaemia in the total population studied. One hundred and seventeen patients suffered from iron deficiency anaemia and only 33 from non-iron deficiency anaemia. Dysphagia was presen...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Ravdeep Kaur, Department of Anatomy, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Banur, Patiala, Punjab, India. E-Mail: [email protected] 1 Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College, Amritsar, Punjab, India. *2 Department of Anatomy, Gian Sagar Medical College and Hospital, Banur, Patiala, Punjab, India. 3 Department of Anatomy, Government Medical College...