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Microdebrider removal of tracheal papilloma via tracheostomy in the child with an obliterated larynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 April 2007

S O Ulualp*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
M W Ryan
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
S T Wright
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Seckin O Ulualp, Department of Otolaryngology, 7.104 John Sealy Annex, 301, University Boulevard, Galveston, Texas 77555-0521, USA. Fax: (409) 772 1715 E-mail: seulualp@utmb.edu

Abstract

In children, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis is the most common benign neoplasm of the airway. The disease frequently involves the larynx and may spread to extralaryngeal sites. Use of a microdebrider has been suggested as a safe and low-cost technique which reduces operating time, compared with laser removal of laryngeal lesions.

We describe a technique for using a microdebrider to remove tracheal papillomas when the larynx is obliterated with the disease.

Type
Main Articles
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2007

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Footnotes

Presented at the 21st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, 21–22 May 2006, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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