Surgical management of Gerhardt syndrome.
Chirurgia (Bucur)
; 105(3): 327-30, 2010.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20726297
Adduction bilateral vocal fold immobility syndrome may be due by both recurrent laryngeal nerves paralysis--Gerhardt syndrome--and all intrinsic laryngeal muscles paralysis--Riegel syndrome. Etiology of Gerhardt syndrome is thyroid surgery, intubation's maneuver, trauma, neurological disorders, extrala-ryngeal malignancies. The manifestations of Gerhardt syndrome are inspiratory dyspnea and slightly influenced voicing by paramedian vocal folds paralysis with an important narrowing of the airway at the glottic level. The surgical procedures for enlargement of the glottic space can be classified in many ways and their major characteristics are: changes at the glottic level; surgical approach: open neck or endoscopic, with or without opening of the mucosal lining; the need for tracheostomy; the equipment used. The aim of this review is to expound the variety of interventions through the last century marked by the development of the diagnostic methods, the anesthesia and the surgical armament with sophisticated instruments and technologies.
Buscar en Google
Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Nervio Laríngeo Recurrente
/
Traqueostomía
/
Parálisis de los Pliegues Vocales
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Chirurgia (Bucur)
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Rumanía