(1) A carefully planned clinical program of combined pre-operative radiation and surgery has been conducted by the Department of Otolaryngology at The Mount Sinai Hospital for 14 years in an effort to improve the survival rate for advanced cancer of the larynx and laryngopharynx.
(2) That is, in the rostral end of the laryngopharynx, the collagen fibrils ran solitarily to form a coarse meshwork and seemed to allow the epithelium a certain degree of freedom of motion in swallowing.
(3) A rare case of kidneys clear cell carcinoma metastasis to the laryngopharynx was described.
(4) The common presence of GER in these nonsmoking, nondrinking patients and the probable role of this chronic irritative disorder as a causative agent in carcinoma of the laryngopharynx are discussed.
(5) The pharyngo-oesophageal venous plexus in the laryngopharynx and cervical oesophagus provides rigidity to the surrounding corium and so ensures the integrity of the corium during sphincter relaxation.
(6) The article presents an experience with the treatment of patients with malignancy of the larynx, laryngopharynx and cervical part of the esophagus with a free autotransplant of the small intestine using a microsurgical technique for reestablishment of the arterial and venous blood circulation in the transplant.
(7) The site most often detected was the laryngopharynx and that most often missed was the tonsil.
(8) In one captive bat which died unexpectedly, a nematode was found coiled within the gall bladder and common bile duct; in another a nematode was in the esophagus and protruded into the laryngopharynx.
(9) All five had cancer of the laryngopharynx and 3 of them died from a hemorrhage.
(10) In particular, the value of flexible nasopharyngoscopy in assessing the neonatal laryngopharynx is highlighted.
(11) The data obtained from fiber esophagoscopy of patients and electromyography of the pharynx-esophagus junction of dogs have shown that the upper (cranial) esophageal sphincter control food passage from the pharynx to the esophagus and prevents food reflux to the laryngopharynx, protecting airways from aspiration.
(12) A one-stage procedure to restore the cervical part of the esophagus and laryngopharynx included extended surgery for advanced cancer of the larynx and laryngopharynx and grafting a free revascularized small intestine segment using microvascular technique.
(13) Anteriorly it opens into the nasal cavity, the mouth, and the larynx, which divide it into the naso-, oro-, and laryngopharynx, respectively.
(14) Reconstruction of the laryngopharynx and cervical esophagus presents difficult problems.
(15) In conclusion, our statistics seem to indicate that our combined therapy method has improved the survival rates of patients with advanced cancer of the larynx and laryngopharynx.
(16) On the other hand, in the caudal part the fibrils concentrated into the thick bundles of the fibers running side by side along the long axis of the laryngopharynx and, therefore, appeared to play an important role in resisting the excessive stretching force.
(17) No occlusion was observed in the laryngopharynx although there was narrowing of oro- and laryngopharyngeal apertures below the site of obstruction during obstructive apnoeas.
(18) Synovial sarcoma of the laryngopharynx is an extremely rare neoplasm.
(19) During the 30-year period from 1939 through 1968, 20 patients were seen who had "minor salivary" tumors arising in the mucus glands of the larynx or laryngopharynx.
(20) Thirteen patients had their primary tumors in the oral cavity and 11 in the laryngopharynx.
Larynx
Definition:
(n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis.
Example Sentences:
(1) Because of the small number of patients reported in the world literature and lack of controlled studies, the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the larynx remains controversial; this retrospective analysis suggests that combination chemotherapy plus radiation offers the best chance for cure.
(2) The present study examines kinematic details of the laryngeal articulatory gesture in 2 deaf speakers and a control subject using transillumination of the larynx.
(3) General anaesthesia with apneic oxygenation may offer the ENT surgeon increased possibilities of exploration and operation at the level of the larynx and trachea, but owing to its biological consequences, it should be used only with circumspection and its indications should be totally justified, for acts of limited duration.
(4) Although the majority of papillomatous lesions of the oral cavity and the larynx contain papillomavirus DNA sequences, other benign and malignant lesions still remain negative.
(5) Compared to related compounds, N-nitrosobis(2-hydroxypropyl)amine and N-nitrosobis(2-acetoxy-propyl)amine which are also pancreatic carcinogens, BOP induced only a few neoplasms of the lung, liver, and kidney and none in the nasal cavity, larynx, and trachea.
(6) The respiratory functions of the oropharynx, larynx, and trachea of normal human fetuses in utero were explored by means of real-time, two-dimensional ultrasonography combined with color-flow and spectral Doppler analysis.
(7) Three hundred sixteen female patients with cancer of the larynx, pharynx, and mouth were examined and the following cancer sites were compared with respect to alcohol and tobacco consumption: oropharynx, hypopharynx, larynx, epilarynx, lip, and mouth.
(8) Simultaneously a significant decrease of the oxidative activity of serum ceruloplasmin in the individuals with carcinoma of the larynx after a previous surgical treatment was observed.
(10) Hypoxic mixtures introduced into the larynx did not change breathing.
(11) Attacks of HANE, sometimes fatal when involving the larynx may, among other causes, be triggered by the anesthetist's manipulation of the upper airway (tracheal intubation).
(12) When tracheal intubation is essential and mouth opening is less than 25 mm, it is unlikely that the larynx will be visualized by direct laryngoscopy.
(13) To review the physiologic basis for normal and abnormal vagal reflexes arising from the pharynx, larynx, and esophagus, as well as the relevance of vagal reflexes to the pathogenesis of such clinically common cardiorespiratory responses as bradycardia, tachycardia, dysrhythmia, coronary angiospasm, bronchospasm, laryngospasm, prolonged apnea, and singultus (hiccups).
(14) Together with regional and topical anesthesia of the larynx and trachea, this method resulted in stable maternal hemodynamics without resulting in neonatal depression.
(15) The risk for a smoker of developing cancer of the larynx depends on the activity of the enzyme arylhydroxcarbonhydroxylase in his cells.
(16) IR-ACTH, IR-gamma MSH, and IR-beta END were detected in all six pheochromocytomas and all 12 lung tumors (six squamous cell carcinomas, five adenocarcinomas, and one small cell carcinoma) we examined, as well as in a squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx.
(17) Hypoparathyroidism occurs secondary to surgery for carcinoma of the pharynx and larynx in which a total thyroidectomy is required.
(18) Loss of HLA class I antigens was more frequent on basal cell carcinomas and sarcomas and was related to tumour differentiation on larynx carcinoma.
(19) Recent studies have shown the rat larynx to be an important organ in the evaluation of irritancy of inhaled materials.
(20) These pathways affect the following respiratory structures: bronchial smooth muscle; the mucociliary system; the larynx; and the nose.