Simple method to control laryngeal overspill in tracheostomized patients.
An inflatable balloon was inserted through a pre-existing tracheostomy to occlude the upper trachea. This technique controlled previously intractable laryngeal overspill for a period of three months in a patient with inoperable carcinoma of the larynx.
Eisen
S M
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ENT Department, King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London.
D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D007830:Larynx / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010166:Palliative Care; D012463:Saliva; D014139:Tracheostomy