OBJECTIVE To describe and show the feasibility of a new surgical technique for transoral robotic surgery (TORS) radical tonsillectomy. DESIGN A prospective, phase 1 clinical trial. SETTING Academic, tertiary referral center. PATIENTS A total of 27 participants were prospectively selected using a volunteer sample. All eligible patients agreed to participate in the study. INTERVENTIONS Pa...

An increasing number of technology-dependent patients are sent home for long-term home-management of stable chronic illness. With a patient who is going to undergo tracheotomy, patient-education (for the patient and his/her caregivers) should begin early (before the tracheostomy, if possible), should be individualized to the patient, and should include basic airway anatomy, medical justificatio...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The objective of this study was to determine the predictors of sleep quality among head and neck cancer patients 1 year after diagnosis. STUDY DESIGN This was a prospective, multisite cohort study of head and neck cancer patients (N = 457). METHODS Patients were surveyed at baseline and 1 year after diagnosis. Chart audits were also conducted. The dependent variable wa...

Differential lung ventilation to achieve optimised ventilation for each lung is a procedure rarely used in the intensive care unit, to treat select cases of severe unilateral lung disease in intensive care. However, existing techniques both for securing the airway and ventilating the lungs are challenging and have complications. We present the use of differential lung ventilation in the intensi...

We have operated on nine patients suffering from benign or malignant tumours in the thoracic portion of the trachea. The main clinical symptom was difficulty in breathing, accompanied in the majority of cases by attacks of asphyxia, cough with mucous phlegm, and haemoptysis. The following operations were performed: circular resection of the trachea with end-to-end anastomosis, thoracic tracheot...

Some patients who need dual antiplatelet therapy sometimes require tracheotomy. Aim of this study was to compare the rate of complications during and after surgical tracheotomy between patients requiring dual antiplatelet therapy and those without dual antiplatelet therapy. We retrospectively included 79 patients (62% men, mean age 64 ± 14 years) in the period 2007-2011. The following complicat...

© 2016 International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science | Published by Wolters Kluwer ‐ Medknow In 1909 Jackson presented his tracheotomy technique to the Eastern Section of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society.[1] His technique would become the foundation of the tracheostomy, a procedure that would ultimately become widely utilized during the polio epide...

INTRODUCTION This study was performed to observe the efficacy of a modified surgical wound dressing applied as part of decannulation wound care after tracheotomy. METHODS Eighty-four patients were randomly allocated into a traditional care group, a surgical wound dressing group, and a modified surgical wound dressing group. Each group comprised 28 patients. The following outcomes were observe...

BACKGROUND The Pierre Robin Sequence features were first described by Robin in 1923 and include micrognathia, glossoptosis and respiratory distress with an incidence estimated as 1:8,500 to 1:20,000 newborns. Upper airway obstruction and feeding difficulties are the main concerns related to the pathology. Mandibular distraction should be considered a treatment option (when other treatments resu...