laryngeal diseases

..This review seeks to outline the progress achieved in this field by 2005 and to point the way forward for laryngeal transplantation research in the 21st century...

To determine the efficacies of 2 methods for evaluating vascular changes in laryngeal diseases.

..To report on the management of laryngoceles by CO2 laser-assisted endoscopic excision...

..We introduce a combined endoscopic and external approach that we have employed on several occasions to ensure complete removal of the laryngocele and the saccule from which it originated. A case is presented to help define the technique...

..An infected laryngocele is called a laryngopyocele. Our experience with a case of laryngopyocele with signs on computed tomography before and after antibiotic therapy is presented since laryngopyocele is more unusual...

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..Lastly, it discusses preliminary microarray data that show gene expression for fibronectin to be upregulated in true vocal folds when compared to false vocal folds...

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..79), vertical shear stress (r2 = 0.69), and Von Mises stress (r2 = 0.83) in the tissue. These results guide the interpretation of experimental measurements by relating them to a quantity that is important in tissue damage...

..He also was referred for counseling. To our knowledge this is the first description in the medical literature of the use of hypnotic suggestion for making a diagnosis of VCD. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)..

..CONCLUSIONS: Concomitant laryngeal abnormalities are present in a many patients with PVFD, particularly in those with exercise-induced symptoms. Laryngoscopy is important in the management of these patients...

..Endoscopic aryepiglottoplasty with use of microlaryngeal instruments is an effective and safe method of the treatment of severe form of laryngomalacia. It is better to perform this procedure in general anesthesia without intubation...

..Given their scarcity, we review the characteristics of the process, highlighting the relevance of the oesophagopharingeal barium swallow. Finally, we describe two possible anatomical locations of the herniated sac...

..All but one patient had a significant self-reported voice handicap. These findings are reviewed and established as a baseline for further study...

..One benign epidermoid malformation cyst was lined by squamous epithelium. The second was a retention cyst lined with cuboidal epithelium. Finally, after 40 years, he has a normal voice...

..4% of the patients, who showed much smaller glottic proportion than patients with micronodules only. Furthermore, vocal nodule location was not related to the presence and/or absence of laryngeal microwebs...

..This method permits to make a differential diagnosis between the inflammatory and tumoral diseases of the larynx...

..However, active glottis narrowing can also be contributory. We tested the hypothesis that the vocal cord adductor is activated during inspiration in patients with restricted abduction of the vocal cords...

..The aim of this study was to analyze vibratory patterns and objective parameters in various benign vocal fold lesions using VSK and to examine the efficacy of VSK in clinical applications...

..FAMSR is an easy, safe, and fast procedure which should be considered as an option in treating VN patients who either require surgery or do not have the time or perseverance to complete a lengthy program of speech therapy...

..Fat injection is an effective autogenous implant and may be considered as an option in the treatment of patients with vocal atrophy or sulcus vocalis. Although fat reabsorption was a problem, repeating the procedure could be considered...

..Specially intracordal lesions constituted a diagnostic pitfall. Because the preoperative and intraoperative diagnosis often differed, both the patients and the ENT-surgeon must keep an open mind about what may need to be done at surgery...

..The objective was to describe a case series of patients with refractory cough and paradoxical vocal fold movement disorder treated with respiratory retraining therapy...

..All cases were repaired endoscopically. However, we used three different techniques. These include chemical tenotomy with botulinum toxin, closed reduction with fat injection, and open reduction via cordotomy...

..Preoperative voice therapy, phonomicrosurgery, and postoperative voice rest followed by voice therapy, succeeded in restoring her combined wind/brass instrumental and singing career...

..Scarce laryngeal involvement has been described in these patients and this study aims at investigating laryngeal alterations found in patients with rheumatic diseases...

..3%. CONCLUSION: The most patients who had vocal cord benign lesions without severe cardiovascular diseases could be operated under surface anesthesia which have the advantages of rare complications and rapid recovery...

..We suggest that characterization of vocal fold scarring in humans may be different from that in animals, and recommend that surgical management should be avoided for at least three months after injury...

..Of the 16 patients, 10 agreed to undergo voice therapy and were subsequently enrolled in the treatment program...

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..Studies have shown that the use of AlloDerm in the head and neck region is safe, but otolaryngologists need to be cognizant of potential complications when working with this material...

..Therefore, it appears that pachydermia, as an isolated finding, is unreliable in determining the presence of active LPR...

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..As far as we know, this type of side effect has only been described once in the literature, namely, after thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator in deep vein thrombosis...

..There were no sequelae such as laryngeal spasm or vocal cord palsy after the surgery. The "peardrop" phenomenon is suggested as a possible cause of this event. Potential adverse outcomes of this unusual occurrence are reviewed...

..They were successfully operated on with laryngomicrosurgery under neuroleptanalgesia (NLA) without intubation. The choice of the operation and airway management were discussed...

..We also review and report some complications that can be caused by ATFV. Finally, we discuss the ATFV technique as a contribution to the phonosurgery of the future...

..The purpose of this study was to quantify the size of vocal fold polyps and to investigate the relationship between the glottal gap and parameters of acoustic voice analysis and phonetography...

..Though technically demanding, this procedure provides a promising option for medialization of the posterior glottis in a scarred larynx...

..Vocal intensity and vocal frequency ranks were shorter in the pathological group. We could also see that, fonatory flow was less effective in the pathological group...

..Subjective and objective analyses of voice outcomes after AFIA are universally improved. Fascia appears to be an excellent alternative to lipoinjection in properly selected cases of glottic insufficiency...

..POSTOPERATIVE REGIMEN: The care for the patient's voice usually goes beyond surgery. To gain the best possible postoperative results, several steps are necessary in addition to surgical procedures. These steps will be pointed out...

..High-speed (HS) video recordings are the up-to-date method for visualizing irregular vocal fold vibrations. However, perceptive evaluation during offline replay is time consuming and shows high inter-rater variability...

..However, its prolonged use results in significant pharyngeal morbidity that raises serious doubt as to its potential routine use in infants requiring prolonged ventilatory support...

..9 to 59.4). Clinicians should be aware that compensatory hyperkinetic laryngeal behaviors may mask an underlying organic condition...

..The varying extend of thyroid cartilage ossification appears to be the major limiting factor. We intended to assess the sonographic accessability of laryngeal structures with high end resolution ultrasound devices...

..These laryngopharyngeal reflux symptoms have been reported to respond to prolonged proton pump inhibitor therapy, but the Hill approach to resolving these specific individual symptoms has not been widely reported in surgical literature...

..The treatment, medical and of rehabilitation could achieve a partial recovery. In the event of surgery, an access to the lesion through a cordotomy and not directly by removal with microcissors is advised...

..During this period some vocal cord lesions (specifically cysts and nodules) may undergo transformation...

..The modern methods microlaryngoscopy, stroboscopy, electroglottography are presented and comparatively evaluated with classic explorations, as direct and indirect laryngoscopy...

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..To analyze and compare the incidence and visual characteristics of blood vessels on the superior surface of vocal folds with polyps, nodules, and minimal structural alterations (ie, sulci, cysts, and mucosal bridges)...

..The purpose of this study was to assess the utility of ultrasound to image the epiglottis and to determine the range of normal epiglottis diameter for men and women...

..But, possibly, these patterns are due to different spatial interactions between smoking habits and alcohol consumption for the first and the second disease...

b>Laryngeal diseases caused by exposure to asbestos are listed in the current German list of occupational diseases under number 4104...

..In case of vocal cord paralysis this technique is useful in evaluation of the treatment results and prognosis according to the ventilation efficacy...

..To present the development and application of a new technique to perform cold and laser laryngeal surgery...

..Laryngomalacia is the most common cause of stridor in childhood, though its physiopathology remains unknown. Among the most prominent theories are immaturity of the cartilaginous framework of the larynx and/or neuromuscular immaturity...

..Mechanical stroboscop of Oertel type with perforated disc moved by electrical engine. CONCLUSION: For 130 years laryngostroboscopy belongs to the basic examination methods of larynx phonatory function...

..as routine cytodiagnosis can be considered useful for both diagnosis and treatment of non-surgically related laryngeal diseases. This study was designed in order to demonstrate how cytodiagnosis can be useful in etiologic and ..

Since the introduction of laser technology in the 1960s, use of the technique in treating laryngeal diseases has demonstrated several advantages over conventional resections in selected cases.

CONTEXT: Many methods have been used successfully for the diagnosis and treatment of laryngeal diseases. Microscopic and, recently, telescopic surgery represent the state of the art in endoscopic laryngeal surgery but drawbacks are ..

..In conclusion the great role of ventilation tests was emphasized, especially in diagnosis of the narrowing on the larynx and trachea level and also in evaluation of the results after surgical procedures on upper airways...

Concerning the wider use of the CO2 laser in the treatment of laryngeal diseases, the Authors, in a comparative study based on an objective-instrumental evaluation, evaluated residual vocal function after traditional surgical treatment (..

..A tool initially intended to help otorhynolaryngologists diagnose and treat laryngeal diseases has been transformed into an instrument intended to help anesthesiologists intubate the trachea for the ..

..voice signal, the residue was estimated and seven acoustic features were extracted from it to evaluate the laryngeal diseases. As time-invariant inverse filtering was used, the nonstationary nature of dysphonic voices was also ..

..CoMed consists of a multimedia medical database containing relevant information about laryngeal diseases and a real-time collaboration system including a teleconferencing system, a whiteboard and a chatting system...

..Laryngeal papillomatosis is well-known as one part of benign lesions of the larynx in children under 15 years. Cases of papillomatosis are extremely rare in adults...

..These parameters are applied for laryngeal pathology detection. An identification accuracy of 96.1% by the K-nearest neighbors' method has been achieved. The system is clinically tested...

..Thanks to that legend, St. Blasius has become the traditional patron of the laryngeal diseases, and, since recently, the patron of the otolaryngologists, too...

..In the present study, we tried to prove the time specific expressions of clock oscillating genes in the murine larynx...

Laryngeal microsurgery is a kind of treatment for various laryngeal diseases. Because of the need of long instruments and delicate maneuvers, involuntary movements represent relevant difficulty and may be responsible for unintended post-..

..The objective of this work is to investigate a possibility of creating a computer-aided decision support system for an automated analysis of vocal cord images aiming to categorize diseases of vocal cords...

..20 +/- 12.12 years in malignant lesion group. Study results clearly pointed to the increased prevalence of laryngeal diseases in smokers, with a significant difference between patients with benign laryngeal lesions and those with ..

..96 SD) obtained for males and females in each age group are considered useful for clinical detection of abnormalities of SFF, as well as for detection of laryngeal diseases causing SFF abnormality.

..The aim of this article is to create an awareness of Ear Nose Throat tuberculosis, and to consider tuberculosis in the differential diagnosis of ear and laryngeal diseases.

..Knowledge update is necessary to avoid unjustified hesitations and provide appropriate counselling and treatment for pregnant women...

..This article provides a comprehensive review of the diagnosis and management of the infraglottic tracheobronchial disease manifestations...

..Cooperation between otolaryngologist, paediatrician and virologist can be considered and excellent tool in diagnosis and treatment of these diseases in particular when complications occur...

..He could be considered as the first medico-surgical laryngologist, mastering both an in-depth knowledge of the organ, its medicine, and surgery, which at that time was limited to tracheotomy...

..The aetiological factors contributing to this supraglottic oedema included coexisting thyroid swelling and congestive cardiac failure. Options for appropriate airway management in such cases are discussed...

..Early recognition of laryngeal manifestations of sarcoidosis and airway compromise is essential to provide patients with conservative management without the need for aggressive surgical intervention...

..The hallmark of many clinically important laryngeal diseases affecting these critical functions is mucosal inflammation...

..The hallmark of many clinically important laryngeal diseases affecting these critical functions is mucosal inflammation...

..The hallmark of many clinically important laryngeal diseases affecting these critical functions is mucosal inflammation...

..For example, it is estimated that 4- 10% of laryngeal diseases seen in ENT clinics are associated with reflux disease...

..grant is to train the candidate to be able to independently derive computational and theoretical models of laryngeal diseases, to verify these models by experiments in animals, and to use the results of theoretical and animal models ..

..For example, it is estimated that 410 percent of laryngeal diseases seen in ENT clinics are associated with reflux disease...

..and spatiotemporal analysis methods to quantify the vibratory properties of vocal folds of patients with laryngeal diseases. Five projects will be proposed in this proposal...

..and spatiotemporal analysis methods to quantify the vibratory properties of vocal folds of patients with laryngeal diseases. Five projects will be proposed in this proposal...

..There is a mutli-level parking facility next to the hospital with cafeteria. ..

..These methods will be employed pre- and post-therapy on all patients to assess their potential clinical utility, especially in those unresponsive to medical therapy after aggressive acid suppression. ..

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..This project will also result in the development of a blueprint for the engineering of a healthy protein matrix for restoring damaged vocal folds. ..

..While our initial 5 years of study have yielded several key hypotheses to guide treatment options, the current proposal will enable us to substantiate and/or further clarify these hypotheses so that they will have a greater impact. ..

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..The proposed research is focused on the optimization of a multi-layered vocal fold mucosa substitute for the treatment of diseased or damaged tissue, and restoration of vocal function. ..

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..While our initial 5 years of study have yielded several key hypotheses to guide treatment options, the current proposal will enable us to substantiate and/or further clarify these hypotheses so that they will have a greater impact. ..

..If our hypotheses were proven, our long-term goal would be to conduct a clinical trial with CCI-779 as adjuvant therapy, for eIF4E-positive margin patients to possibly decrease recurrence rates. ..

..Development of an office-based treatment technology to image the upper airway in awake children, and then compute airflow accurate would decrease morbidity and reduce health care costs. (End of Abstrct) ..

..While our initial 5 years of study have yielded several key hypotheses to guide treatment options, the current proposal will enable us to substantiate and/or further clarify these hypotheses so that they will have a greater impact. ..

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..Indeed, treatment of this voice disorder is one of the unsolved problems of modern phonosurgery (Hirano et al, 1990). ..

..The MCSDA will provide the applicant with the fundamental skills needed to become an independent investigator in biomedical optics, and allow further development as a basic scientist. ..

..The experimental phase consists of studies of neuromuscular and respiratory input to the larynx. This information about vocal tremor will be applied to model simulations with the use of physiological signals as input model parameters. ..

..Application of OCT to microlaryngeal surgery may reduce iatrogenic phonatory disability by reducing trauma to delicate structures that accompanies conventional techniques. ..

..If our hypotheses were proven, our long-term goal would be to conduct a clinical trial with CCI-779 as adjuvant therapy, for eIF4E-positive margin patients to possibly decrease recurrence rates. ..

..Surface roughness of plate and substrate surfaces will be quantified using SEM technology and Scanning Probe Microscopy. ..

..The goal of this research is to determine the regions over which these assumptions do not hold, and to quantify the interactions between source and filter across a wide variety of vocal configurations. ..

..This allows serial electrode stimulation and observations of laryngeal movement over an extended length of time. Nerve samples will be harvested and studied to examine the effects of the implanted array on RLN fibers. ..

..The goals of the grant meet the mission of the R21. Its potential impact is high due to the therapy program's innovative nature and potential cost-effectiveness as a treatment approach. ..

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