(n.) The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage.
(n.) Scarification or incision of the tonsils.
Example Sentences:
(1) The authors described the unusual pharyngeal foreign body extracted by the lateral pharyngotomy.
(2) When the accurate diagnosis is established, the treatment of choice should be a lateral pharyngotomy with complete removal of the tumour.
(3) We call this approach a supero-lateral thyrotomy, to differentiate it from the classic lateral pharyngotomy.
(4) Anterior pharyngotomy was used to perform epiglotto-aryepiglottopexy in four patients.
(5) The method of choice is radical surgical intervention including tracheotomy, laryngotomy, transverse and lateral pharyngotomy, ligation of the external carotid artery.
(6) The suprahyoid pharyngotomy is a well-recognized surgical approach to the base of the tongue.
(7) This approach eliminated the need for laryngotomy or pharyngotomy and reduced postoperative care.
(8) Suprahyoid pharyngotomy has been utilized as the standard approach to tongue base cancer not involving the larynx or mandible for the last 6 years at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston, Mass.
(9) In our case we could extirpate the complete tumour radically via lateral pharyngotomy, protecting the larynx and its function.
(10) The standard surgical approaches to the base of the tongue are described, favouring lateral pharyngotomy.
(11) In cases of stage I, a surgical approach through the suprahyoid pharyngotomy was a worthy procedure to try, because angiofibroma was observed under direct vision and hemostasis was easy.
(12) CO2 laser pharyngotomy is a newly described technique used in treatment bronchopathy without sleep apnea syndrome.
(13) Removal of the tumor was performed by an infrahyoid horizontal pharyngotomy under general anesthesia.
(14) The surgical approach to the hypopharynx by lateral pharyngotomy as described by Trotter has found widespread use in management of supraglottic carcinoma.
(15) He was successfully treated with a lateral pharyngotomy and excision of the hypopharyngeal polyp.
(16) Lateral pharyngotomy offers good exposure for the removal of many laryngeal and hypopharyngeal tumors.
(17) Suprahyoid pharyngotomy is a familiar approach often utilized during laryngectomy.
(18) The suprahyoid pharyngotomy is an ideal surgical approach in the management of T1 or T2 squamous cell carcinoma of the base of tongue.
(19) Thirty-two patients had limited resections that preserved the larynx, involving local excision (7 patients), anterior pharyngotomy (7 patients), lateral pharyngotomy (6 patients), median labiomandibular glossotomy (6 patients), or median mandibulotomy with paralingual extension (6 patients).
(20) After having mentioned the more commonly employed surgical approaches, emphasis is placed on median pharyngotomy as it permits the best visualization of the region, a careful excision of the mass and a valid control over bleeding.
Pharynx
Definition:
(n.) The part of the alimentary canal between the cavity of the mouth and the esophagus. It has one or two external openings through the nose in the higher vertebrates, and lateral branchial openings in fishes and some amphibias.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cancer of the mouth, pharynx and esophagus has decreased in all Japanese migrants, but the decrease is much greater among Okinawan migrants, suggesting they have escaped exposure to risk factors peculiar to the Okinawan environment.
(2) The sites involved primarily were the nasal cavity, tonsil and pharynx and about one-fourth of the total cases showed extensive involvement of two anatomical sites at initial presentation.
(3) The method allows reconstructive operations to be conducted on the distal part of the internal carotid artery with preservation of the intactness and function of the muscles and nerves of the pharynx.
(4) 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.
(5) CR-ir was also observed in nerve fibers surrounding neuronal cell bodies in autonomic ganglia, and in nerve endings in the lip, tongue, incisal papilla, soft palate, pharynx and epiglottis.
(6) 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).
(7) This approach can be expanded to reach almost any tumor of the pharynx and radical neck dissection can be incorporated.
(8) Hypoparathyroidism occurs secondary to surgery for carcinoma of the pharynx and larynx in which a total thyroidectomy is required.
(9) Esophageal strictures involved the pharynx or cervical esophagus in eight cases and were multiple in five; they ranged in length from 2 mm to 15 cm and tended to progress over time.
(10) Bacteriological examination of the stool and pharynx is useful in the management of immunocompromised patients.
(11) Four sensors in the pharynx simultaneously measure multiple pressure levels, with no need to move the catheter during sleep.
(12) Health workers must be familiar with proper resuscitation techniques, especially avoidance of excessive suctioning of the pharynx, and be alert to signs of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.
(13) Congenital, neuromuscular and motor abnormalities of the pharynx, esophagus and diaphragm, coupled with intra- and extraluminal factors, play roles in the pathogenesis of esophageal diverticula.
(14) Chemical burns of the mouth, pharynx, and digestive passages have been reviewed in regard to the nature of the injury and wound description.
(15) This persistently reduced PaO2 in the former group is therefore most likely due to the physical presence of the endoscope in the pharynx.
(16) Probable site of action: pharynx, larynx, trachea, and bronchi.
(17) The spirochaetes remain motile in the pharynx and oesophageal diverticula for several hours but are apparently immobilised in the midgut (Kumm & Turner, 1936).
(18) We have tested this hypothesis by examining the pressure-area relationship of the pharynx in 13 patients and in 7 control subjects.
(19) The pharynx was rapidly labelled when NBD-cholesterol was added in medium with or without serum or attached to red blood cells only.
(20) Therefore, manometric measurements made in the pharynx during bolus flow are not invalidated by variations in the orientation of the catheter.