ABSTRACT
A personal series of 319 laryngo-tracheo-bronchoscopies in neonates is reported including some special features such as functional disorders, peri- and postnatal trauma and foreign bodies. The advantages of rigid tubes at this early stage of life are specified and substantiated. Sedation is regarded as the most expedient form of anaesthesia because it is easily titrated. The nature and frequency of intra- and post-operative complications during neonatal endoscopies are described.
Subject(s)
Bronchial Diseases/diagnosis , Bronchoscopes , Infant, Premature, Diseases/diagnosis , Laryngeal Diseases/diagnosis , Laryngoscopes , Tracheal Diseases/diagnosis , Bronchi/abnormalities , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Larynx/abnormalities , Risk , Trachea/abnormalitiesABSTRACT
The pathogenetic mechanisms are discussed from the observations made in 3 cases of typical acute bilateral sudden deafness as a result of coincident gastrointestinal infections.
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Autoimmune Diseases/complications , Diarrhea/complications , Gastroenteritis/complications , Hearing Loss, Sudden/etiology , Adult , Female , Hearing Loss, High-Frequency/etiology , Hearing Loss, Sudden/immunology , Hearing Loss, Sudden/microbiology , Humans , Male , Meniere Disease/etiologyABSTRACT
The human vocal cord was studied by light and electron microscopy. Serial histological sections showed that a great number of mixed glands with mucous and serous acini were localized in the submucosa. Their ducts leave the deep surface of the gland and some open at the vocal cord surface near the free edge. The margin of the vocal cord does not have glandular ducts; however, its stratified squamous epithelium is furnished with microvilli and microridges of various patterns. The observed location of the glandular ducts is described and the possible function of the microridges in relation to distribution and retention of mucous on the vocal cord is discussed.
