Outcomes studies of epiglottic and base of tongue prolapse in children

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 508-514

  Yellon, Robert F ^a   Borland, Lawrence M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Airway surgery; Base of tongue; Children; Epiglottis; Flexible fiberoptic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANNULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EPIGLOTTIC AND BASE OF TONGUE PROLAPSE; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPINE POSITION; TISSUE INJURY; TONGUE DISEASE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LARYNX DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PROLAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 42449125260     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31815bf2cc     Document Type: Article

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