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Laryngotracheal separation under local anaesthesia for intractable salivary aspiration: cricoidectomy with fibrin glue support

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Michihiko Sone*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Tsutomu Nakashima
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Noriyuki Yanagita
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
*
Address for correspondence: Michihiko Sone, M.D., Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466, Japan. Fax: 81-52-741-1678

Abstract

Chronic salivary aspiration can cause life-threatening pneumonia in a patient whose laryngeal function is completely lost. We report a patient who had laryngotracheal separation with cricoidectomy under local anaesthesia. The simplicity and reliability of the procedure were improved by using fibrin glue and the outcome was most satisfactory.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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