title: New silicone tube placement therapy for patients with an anterior glottic web.
abstract: An anterior glottic web in adults comprises a bridge of scar tissue commonly formed as a result of iatrogenic laryngeal injury. Traditionally, procedures such as transcervical midline thyrotomy and keel placement have been used to repair this condition. However, we recently repaired an anterior glottic web using a new surgical procedure involving a silicone tube instead of a keel. We herein report this case, in which we placed a silicone tube at the anterior commissure after resection of an anterior glottic web, under endolaryngeal microsurgery, without performing a tracheostomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan. umeno2@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Umeno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chitose
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mihashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005931:Glottis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D010212:Papilloma / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012828:Silicones / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014833:Voice Quality
chemical_list: D012828:Silicones