(1) Posterior subglottic extension of glottic carcinoma has been a contraindication for partial laryngectomy because of the proximity of the cricoid cartilage.
(2) Radiotherapy for early glottic carcinoma has produced excellent results and low complication rates.
(3) Relatively to the localization of the tumours we had 63 supraglottic, 35 glottic and 4 subglottic involvement.
(4) The vital composite hyoid bone-muscle graft interposition technique offers a promising method for the solution of difficult cases of glottic, subglottic, and tracheal stenosis.
(5) Objective measurements of vocal jitter, shimmer, and signal to noise ratio were done to assess changes in the vibratory patterns, and analysis of data from 12 patients revealed improved glottic function postoperatively.
(6) The treatment was cordectomy for T1a glottic cancers and total laryngectomy for the other cases.
(7) Over 80% of patients with glottic stenosis achieved good results.
(8) This is a report of a case in which a significant quantity of sulfuric acid was ingested, causing life threatening respiratory distress, secondary to glottic injury and edema, and cardiovascular collapse.
(9) In 1984 Ford reported the first experiences of the use of injectable collagen in glottic insufficiency.
(10) This paper reports the experience in the application of modified epiglottic laryngoplasty in 20 extended hemilaryngectomies for glottic carcinoma.
(11) Aspiration may result from CNS depression, abnormal glottic function, or extreme debilitation.
(12) Local control rates of T1 and T2 glottic carcinoma treated with radiation alone were reported as 80-91% and 63-76%, respectively.
(13) CT revealed extralaryngeal growth and thus changed the classification to T4 in 6 of the 20 patients with a supraglottic primary tumor, but in none of the 13 patients with a glottic tumor.
(14) We have had poor success in treating bronchial and glottic stenosis.
(15) The inhalation through an isolated larynx showed: bradypnea (p less than 0.01), a non significative decrease in inspiratory and expiratory pleural pressure with no changes in total lung resistance, and an increase in expiratory subglottic pressure (p less than 0.01) with no changes in inspiratory pressure accompanied by several glottic closures.
(16) Following types of monoclonal antibodies (MoAb) (HMFG 1, 2 and AI 16.9) were used in twenty patients with laryngeal carcinomas (10 pharyngolaryngeal carcinomas, T4 N+ MO, and 10 vestibulo-glottic carcinomas, T1 T2, N+ N-, MO).
(17) Multiple regression analysis of the data obtained from 10 larynges showed the open quotient to be directly related to vocal fold tension (p less than 0.001), glottic width (p less than 0.01), and fundamental frequency (p less than 0.001).
(18) One hundred forty previously untreated cases of T1N0M0 glottic carcinoma underwent therapy at our department from November 1977 through May 1984.
(19) Imbrication laryngoplasty is an alternative and a preferred modality for treatment of young people with early glottic carcinoma for whom the possible carcinogenic properties of radiation must be considered.
(20) Cancers originating from the hypopharynx invaded more subsites than cancers from the endolarynx, and among the latter, supraglottic were more invasive than glottic lesions.
Glottis
Definition:
(n.) The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.
Example Sentences:
(1) Furthermore, an association of tiapride-corticoids was effective in treating post-anaesthetic spasm of the glottis.
(2) The values of dysphonic patients with incomplete closure of the glottis are significantly different from the other two groups.
(3) This reinforces our initial findings that it is indeed feasible to pace vocal cord abduction in bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis with resultant return of physiologic normality to the glottis.
(4) Subglottic stenosis is a disorder characterized by narrowing of the airway below the glottis or apposing edges of the true vocal cords.
(5) It was concluded that incomplete glottal closure of the posterior parts of glottis should be regarded as normal primarily in women and that loudness should be taken into consideration when studying glottal closure and breathiness.
(6) With this procedure, the new glottis is pressed strongly to the tongue base during swallowing and aspiration is avoided.
(7) Nervous outflow to the muscles of the glottis, diaphragm, abdominal wall, tail and rear legs changed as would be expected from both the postural changes and the increases in intratracheal and intra-abdominal pressure.
(8) In the last five years of the period, the 5-year local control rate for stage I and II carcinoma of the glottis, excluding verrucous-like carcinoma, reached 90% with 10 MV X-rays combined with 60Co gamma-rays.
(9) The posterior glottis is an area of the larynx previously referred to by the terms 'posterior commissure' and 'interarytenoid'; these are poorly defined and a new definition of this unique area of the larynx is provided.
(10) The smallest laser bronchoscope is usually too large to pass through the glottis.
(11) The results indicate a firm and relatively long closure of the glottis during overtone phonation.
(12) Larynx resistance changes have been studied in the dog by means of in situ isolated glottis technique.
(13) One hundred ninety patients with T2 and 70 patients with T3 carcinoma of the glottis were treated by definitive radiation therapy at the Massachusetts General Hospital from 1952 to 1978; the results were analyzed.
(14) This article examines benign lesions of the glottis and adjacent structures commonly encountered in clinical practice.
(15) To determine the role a competent glottis played in improving gas exchange, we anesthetized seven rabbits and inserted central venous and carotid artery catheters.
(16) The reflex effect elicited by mechanical stimulation of the glottis has been studied in dogs.
(17) The glottis was closely observed and photographed from above and below in three conditions: neutral, adduction, and abduction.
(18) The posterior glottis acts as a "weir" between the pharynx and larynx and so is intimately involved with diseases as they affect one area to the other.
(19) The cancer spread may superiorly involve the epilarynx, the vallecula, the base of the tongue, and the pyriform fossa; however, inferiorly, the invasion of the glottis is quite exceptional (1 percent of cases); therefore, supraglottic laryngectomy is the operation of choice.
(20) 2) This difference was presumed to be due to (1) vocal cord phase differences in horizontal and vertical components, (2) the location of the light source and that of photosensor from the glottis, and (3) ULG beam width in relation to vertical movements of the vocal cords.