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A New Technique for Management of Glottic Incompetence

Hugh F. Biller, MD; Mark Urken, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1985;111(11):740-741.

Abstract
• A new procedure corrects glottic incompetence in patients following extended horizontal partial laryngectomy. The procedure consists of making vertical, cartilaginous cuts to collapse one half of the cricoid cartilage to a fixed midline position. In selected patients, this procedure has been demonstrated to permit decannulation where conventional methods have failed.

(Arch Otolaryngol 1985;111:740-741)

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai Medical School, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 25, 1985.

Read before the American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico, May 5, 1985.

Reprint requests to Department of Otolaryngology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1 Gustave Levy PI, New York, NY 10029 (Dr Biller).

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