Cricoid collapse. A new technique for management of glottic incompetence.
A new procedure corrects glottic incompetence in patients following extended horizontal partial laryngectomy. The procedure consists of making vertical, cartilaginous cuts to collapse one half of the cricoid cartilage to a fixed midline position. In selected patients, this procedure has been demonstrated to permit decannulation where conventional methods have failed.
D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D007817:Laryngeal Cartilages / Q000601:surgery*; D007825:Laryngectomy; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control