The Journal of Laryngology & Otology

Table of Contents - January 1996 - Volume 110, Issue 01  

Clinical Records

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

Michihiko Sonea1 c1, Tsutomu Nakashimaa1 and Noriyuki Yanagitaa1

a1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

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.

(Accepted September 23 1995)

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c1 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

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