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[Tracheal surgery to preserve or improve pulmonary and laryngeal functions]
K Kikuchi1, M Kawamura, R Kato
1Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
Nihon Geka Gakkai Zasshi
|September 1, 1991
Abstract:
One hundred and two patients underwent tracheal surgery to preserve or improve pulmonary and laryngeal functions. For pre- and post-operative functional examinations of 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 cases, vocal cord stenosis due to bilateral laryngeal nerve 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.