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Objective To study the outcomes in terms of airway, voice and swallowing as well as the economic impact of the trauma on patients’ finances and the constrained health infrastructure due to the pandemic.
Materials and methods Study design Retrospective study. Setting: Tertiary care teaching hospital. Subjects and methods: A retrospective study was d...
p class="abstract">Tuberculosis of the sternoclavicular joint is uncommon and management of tuberculosis can be challenging in the background of systemic illness like chronic liver disease as some of the first line drugs are hepatotoxic. Here we reported a case of 47 year old man who presented with a neck swelling noticed following a blunt trauma a...
Objective
To assess the effectiveness of the nasal airflow inducing manoeuvre or ‘polite yawn’ technique in improving olfaction and quality of life in laryngectomised patients.
Methods
Using a prospective study design, 42 patients scheduled to undergo laryngectomy at a tertiary care centre were subjected to olfaction testing before surgery and two...
Background:
Organophosphorus (OP) and carbamate pesticides are widely used for crop protection. We describe the spectrum of laryngeal abnormalities in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with acute OP and carbamate poisoning as there is limited information on it.
Materials and methods:
Consecutive patients admitted to the ICU with...
Objective
A prospective single blinded randomized control trial was conducted to study if early initiation of voice therapy after microlaryngeal produces a better voice outcome in patients with benign vocal fold lesions.
Methods
In this Patients undergoing microlaryngeal surgery for benign vocal fold lesions were recruited for the study and underw...
To assess the utility of Narrow Band Imaging (NBI) as a diagnostic tool in evaluating laryngeal pathology in patients presenting with hoarseness. Study design: Prospective cross sectional diagnostic study. Methods: 200 patients with voice change were recruited and laryngeal findings documented with high definition flexible endoscopy with both white...
Objective
To highlight the importance of imaging in reducing an accidental injury to the anomalous brachiocephalic trunk and its branches during tracheal surgery.
Case report
This paper reports two cases of accidental injury to the great vessels in the neck during tracheal surgery. The first incident occurred during a repeat tracheostomy, when the...
Purpose:
Isolated aspergillus laryngitis is rare and often diagnosed after surgical excision or biopsy for a suspected premalignant or malignant pathology. Unlike other systemic or localized aspergillosis, there are no specific guidelines for isolated laryngeal aspergillosis. Our experience of dealing with a wide variety of isolated laryngeal aspe...
A renal transplant recipient with chronic hepatitis B underwent multiple laser excisions over 4 years for laryngeal keratosis. From the initial histopathology reports of mild to moderate dysplasia, a progression to squamous carcinoma was noted over 4 years. This case report highlights the possible role of immunosuppressants and hepatitis virus in t...
Pediatric age groups commonly present with history of fish or chicken bone getting stuck in throat while eating. They usually present early due to odynophagia and the usual site is the cricopharynx. This is a case of chicken bone getting stuck in the posterior pharyngeal wall of a child which presented late and caused quite a dilemma to remove it....
