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Treatment of laryngeal and ear strictures by microcauterization
Author(s) -
Kirchner Fernando R.,
Duff Wallace E.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197408000-00008
Subject(s) - medicine , otorhinolaryngology , larynx , surgery , stenosis , rehabilitation , laryngotracheal stenosis , surgical procedures , general surgery , radiology , tracheal stenosis , physical therapy
Post surgical and traumatic cicatricial stenosis of the ears and larynx are among the most disabling complications in otolaryngology. It is common knowledge that open procedures are mandatory when these stenoses are produced by the collapse of the superstructures supporting these cavities. Some strictures, however, are produced only by bands of adhesions or transposed cicatricial tissue. These stenoses may be corrected through surgical operations of a more conservative nature. This paper describes the practical applications of a surgical adjunct, the microcautery, in the rehabilitation of these latter patients. To date, about 25 patients have been treated successfully with this instrument.