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86th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

13.05. - 16.05.2015, Berlin

Upper airway obstruction determined by a mixed laryngocele – Literature review – About 2 cases treated in ENT Department Timisoara

Meeting Abstract

  • corresponding author Stelian Lupescu - ENT Department Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
  • Marioara Poenaru - Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Alin Horia Marin - Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Virgilius Draganescu - ENT Department, Timisoara, Romania
  • Nicolae Balica - Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania
  • Iulia Lupescu - ENT Department, Timisoara, Romania

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. 86. Jahresversammlung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Kopf- und Hals-Chirurgie. Berlin, 13.-16.05.2015. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2015. Doc15hnod037

doi: 10.3205/15hnod037, urn:nbn:de:0183-15hnod0377

Published: March 26, 2015

© 2015 Lupescu et al.
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Outline

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Introduction: We reviewed the treatment options for laryngoceles over the last two decades.

Methods: We searched PubMed for the keyword “laryngocele”, assessing the type of laryngocele/laryngopyocele (internal/external) and the treatment modality.

Results: We identified 71 laryngoceles in 63 patients, assessing the surgical treatment. An external approach was performed in 25 of 29 (86.2%) cases of mixed laryngoceles. In our ENT Department Timisoara we identified in the last 2 decades a number of 5 cases, and the last 2 cases presented a mixed laryngoceles with respiratory distress.

Conclusions: CO2 LASER resection by microlaryngoscopy represents the main therapeutic option for internal laryngoceles while the external approaches still remain the main therapeutic approach for the treatment of mixed laryngoceles.

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