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A new technique for the management of inaccessible anterior glottic lesions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

J. Kanagalingam ,
R. Hurley ,
H. R. Grant  and
A. Patel
J. Kanagalingam
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, London, UK.
R. Hurley
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, London, UK.
H. R. Grant
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, London, UK.
A. Patel
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, London, UK.
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Abstract

We describe a new technique for removing anterior vocal fold lesions, which cannot be visualized with conventional suspension laryngoscopy. These situations are rare and the only alternative surgeons have had previously is an open laryngeal procedure. The technique we describe involves the use of a laryngeal mask airway (LMA), a flexible bronchoscope with biopsy channel, a 400 μm laser fibre and KTP/532 nm laser. This method was used to treat two patients in whom conventional suspension laryngoscopy had previously been attempted and abandoned.

Keywords

BronchoscopesLaser SurgeryLaryngeal MasksGlottis
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 117 , Issue 4 , April 2003 , pp. 302 - 306
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2003

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