Single-staged laryngotracheal resection and reconstruction for benign strictures in adults. (41/158)

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Laryngocele: a cause of upper airway obstruction. (42/158)

Laryngoceles are abnormal dilatations of the laryngeal saccule, which rises between the ventricular folds, the base of the epiglottis and the inner surface of the thyroid cartilage. Clinical symptoms are rare, and the find of asymptomatic laryngoceles in pathology studies are frequent. Sometimes it is presented as cervical swelling causing airway obstruction in need of emergency intervention. In this study, we report a case of upper airway obstruction due to laryngocele treated by emergency tracheotomy and we review of the literature. Laryngocele complications include infection (pyocele formation), pathogens aspirations with subsequent bronchitis and pneumonia and upper airway obstruction, as in the case reported. Despite being benign tumors, laryngoceles cause relevant airway obstruction. Correct diagnosis and proper treatment can preclude emergencies as it happened to our patient hereby reported.  (+info)

Acute upper airway failure and mediastinal emphysema following a wire-guided percutaneous cricothyrotomy in a patient with severe maxillofacial trauma. (43/158)

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Origins of the inhibiting effects of nasal CPAP on nonnutritive swallowing in newborn lambs. (44/158)

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Tracheotomy: a method for transplantation of stem cells to the lung. (45/158)

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A novel use of esophageal tracheal airway: the control of torrential oral bleeding. (46/158)

Combitube has been included in the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) difficult airway algorithm for the emergency management of patients who can be neither intubated nor ventilated. The main advantages of the Combitube are minimal training required for its use and blind insertion with 90% success rate upon first attempt. The authors report a case of torrential oral bleeding in which the airway was secure and isolated by Combitube. The pharyngeal cuff of the Combitube was overinflated so as to create a tamponade effect to control otherwise uncontrollable and inaccessible oral bleeding.  (+info)

Model of extensive and severe tracheal stenosis in dogs. (47/158)

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Peak flow rate during induced cough: a predictor of successful decannulation of a tracheotomy tube in neurosurgical patients. (48/158)

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