The treatment of a congenital laryngeal web.
Past descriptions of the surgical treatment of congenital laryngeal webs have involved a laryngofissure to achieve division of the web and the insertion of a tantalum keel to prevent its reformation. The technique described below obviates the need for an open operation on the larynx. The web is divided under magnified vision through a laryngoscope using a Zeiss operating microscope. A silastic keel is secured between the vocal cords at the anterior commissure by means of a loop of nylon passing externally through the crico-thyroid and crico-hyoid membranes.
D002648:Child; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D007830:Larynx / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D008853:Microscopy; D009757:Nylons; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014140:Tracheotomy; D014827:Vocal Cords
D009757:Nylons; D012826:Silicone Elastomers