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Technique for secondary tracheo-oesophageal puncture in difficult necks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

R. K. Sharma
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull.
M. Rogers
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull.
J. Thind
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, and Anaesthesia, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull.
A. T. W. Mabley
Affiliation:
Departments of Otolaryngology, and Anaesthesia, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull.

Abstract

A secondary tracheo-oesophageal puncture is required for voice restoration post-laryngectomy either for reasons of closure of the primary fistula or as a planned secondary procedure. A method of doing this safely is described using an endotracheal tube and a flexible nasopharyngoscope in especially difficult cases.

Type
Other
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003

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