TY - JOUR
T1 - Endotracheal tube obstruction
T2 - A rare complication in laser ablation of recurrent laryngeal papillomas
AU - Skoulas, Ioannis G.
AU - Kountakis, Stilianos E.
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - During the past 25 years, use of the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser has been accepted as the most appropriate surgical method for the treatment of recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis. Although CO2 laser technology and surgical techniques continue to improve, laser-related complications still occur. We describe a case of a very rare complication - to our knowledge, only the second such case reported in the literature - in which an endotracheal tube was almost completely obstructed by a piece of papillomatous tissue during CO2 laser microlaryngoscopy for the treatment of recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis.
AB - During the past 25 years, use of the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser has been accepted as the most appropriate surgical method for the treatment of recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis. Although CO2 laser technology and surgical techniques continue to improve, laser-related complications still occur. We describe a case of a very rare complication - to our knowledge, only the second such case reported in the literature - in which an endotracheal tube was almost completely obstructed by a piece of papillomatous tissue during CO2 laser microlaryngoscopy for the treatment of recurrent laryngeal papillomatosis.
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U2 - 10.1177/014556130308200716
DO - 10.1177/014556130308200716
M3 - Article
C2 - 12955834
AN - SCOPUS:0038149170
SN - 0145-5613
VL - 82
SP - 504-506+512
JO - Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
JF - Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
IS - 7
ER -