American journal of otolaryngology
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Comparative Study
The effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen treatment in tracheal reconstruction with auricular cartilage grafts (experimental study).
Tracheal stenosis or neoplastic changes, as well as, traumatic, congenital, or iatrogenic causes may require extensive tracheal resections. Complications like vascularization insufficiency and structural support problems occur nearly in all cases when end-to-end anastomosis of trachea is not feasible. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment is a well-known method for the management of grafts and flaps that have vascularization problems. In this study, the effect of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on wound healing after tracheal reconstruction with auricular cartilage graft (ACG) has been evaluated. ⋯ Auricular cartilage grafts is a valuable management method of tracheal defects, and hyperbaric oxygen treatment is a good supplementary method in healing period of cartilage autografts.
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Endovascular stents are used in a wide variety of situations including management of acute hemorrhage from a carotid artery blowout. The long-term efficacy of these devices in this setting has not been elucidated. ⋯ In both patients, initial control of carotid bleeding was followed by delayed stent-related complications. Although carotid stents are useful for control of acute carotid blowouts, their long-term efficacy in the setting of head and neck malignancy and overlying infection is suspect.
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To examine preliminary observations that the incidence of adult acute epiglottitis has risen between 1986 and 2000. ⋯ A rise in the incidence of acute epiglottitis and a concomitant rise in the number of epiglottic abscesses were established. Although the course of acute epiglottitis is often benign and can be safely treated with a conservative management approach, delayed airway obstruction may develop from a few hours to days after admission.
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Case Reports
Endonasal endoscopic resection of ethmoido-orbital osteoma compressing the optic nerve.
Osteomas are the most common benign tumors of the paranasal sinuses. Open procedures for removal of ethmoid osteomas have been the method of choice, but debate over optimal treatment continues. We report resection of a large ethmoido-orbital osteoma via endonasal endoscopic approach with minimal morbidity. ⋯ The previously used management modality of symptomatic osteomas has mostly consisted of open approaches. Endonasal endoscopic approach provides a safe and effective alternative to open approaches, offering cosmetic advantages and lowering the morbidity. This approach could be judiciously used in large ethmoido-orbital osteomas in selected cases.
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This article presents a case of hoarseness, dysphagia, and hemoptysis caused by the laryngeal localization of a leech. This pathological condition is extremely rare in urban areas but is frequent in endemic rural areas. Laryngoscopic evaluation of our patient has shown a leech lodged on the left arytenoid region hanging down to larynx. We present a patient living in an urban area with laryngeal leech that was removed under general induction anesthesia of sevoflurane via a face mask without endotracheal intubation.