Airway reconstruction surgical dissection manual / / Evan J. Propst [and five others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465495003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: San Diego, California : , : Plural Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-59756-664-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.533
• Soggetti: Trachea - Surgery; Larynx - Surgery; Airway (Medicine); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Procurement, Transport, and Housing of Animals; Operating Room Setup; Surgical Instruments; 2. Induction of Anesthesia and Intubation; 3. Exposure and Anatomy of the Pig Airway: Comparison with the Human Airway ; 4. Anterior Cricoid Split (Single Stage); 5. Harvest of Thyroid Ala Cartilage Graft; 6. Anterior Laryngotracheoplasty Using Thyroid Ala Cartilage Graft (Single Stage); 7. Harvest of Costal Cartilage Graft; 8. Anterior Laryngotracheoplasty Using Costal Cartilage Graft (Single Stage); 9. Posterior Laryngotracheoplasty Using Costal Cartilage Graft (Single Stage)10. Combined Anterior and Posterior Laryngotracheoplasty Using Costal Cartilage Grafts (Single Stage); 11. Tracheotomy; 12. Placing a Stent (Double Stage); 13. Cricotracheal Resection (Single Stage); 14. Slide Tracheoplasty (Single Stage); Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Written by an international group of airway surgeons, this is an essential guide for residents and fellows in the fields of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, general surgery, and thoracic surgery, as well as consultant surgeons in these specialties who are responsible for managing airway conditions, but infrequently perform ; open airway surgeries. It covers everything the trainee requires for mastering open airway surgical procedures on a live animal and extrapolating these techniques to human patients.