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Simple method to control laryngeal overspill in tracheostomized patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

S. M. Eisen
S. M. Eisen*
Affiliation:
London
*
S. M. Eisen, F.R.C.S., ENT Department, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 9RS
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Abstract

An inflatable balloon was inserted through a pre-existing tracheostomy to occlude the upper trachea. This technique controlled previously intractable laryngeal overspill for a period of three months in a patient with inoperable carcinoma of the larynx.

Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 2 , February 1989 , pp. 222 - 224
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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