J.Jpn. Surg. Soc.. 92(9): 1342-1345, 1991
Report on the annual meeting
TRACHEAL SURGERY TO PRESERVE OR IMPROVE PULMONARY AND LARYNGEAL FUNCTIONS
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Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan Koji Kikuchi, Masafumi Kawamura, Ryoichi Kato, Koichi Kobayashi, Tsuneo Ishihara |
For pre- and post-operative functional examinations tracheal stenotic patients, the flow volume curve and frequency analysis of tracheal stenotic sounds were very useful. As a results of tracheal surgery in 76 malignant case, vocal cord stenosis due to bilateral laryngeal never paralysis was occurred in 21 patients. For vocal cord stenosis, T tube insertion was very effective and we were able to close the orifice of tracheostomy in 11 out of 15 cases by this method.
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