title: [Tracheal surgery to preserve or improve pulmonary and laryngeal functions].
abstract: One hundred and two patients underwent tracheal surgery to preserve or improve pulmonary and laryngeal functions. For pre- and post-operative functional examinations of tracheal stenotic patients, the flow volume curve and frequency analysis of tracheal stenotic sounds were very useful. As a results of tracheal surgery in 76 malignant cases, vocal cord stenosis due to bilateral laryngeal nerve paralysis was occurred in 21 patients. For vocal cord stenosis, T tube insertion was very effective and we were able to close the orifice of tracheostomy in 11 out of 15 cases by this method.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishihara
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000502:physiology