XXXVI. Chronic Laryngeal Stenosis
XXXVI. Chronic Laryngeal Stenosis
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三十六.
DOI:
10.1177/000348943504400206
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发表时间:
1935
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通讯作者:
N. Owens
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作者:
F. Lejeune;N. Owens
Probably no condition in otolaryngology is associated with more danger and concern or gives a more accurate test of the ingenuity of the laryngologist than chronic laryngeal stenosis. This condition has always been perplexing, consistently resisting the best efforts to effect a satisfactory solution, and until a comparatively short time ago practically every case was an unfinished problem. Schmieglow states that not more than fifty years ago chronic stenosis of the larynx was considered incurable. As late as 1870 von Schroetter's treatment of this condition by means of dilatation with tin bolts and hard India rubber was considered revolutionary. O'Dwyer, in 1885, strongly advocated intubation and later reported a series of five cases which he had successfully treated by this method. Lefferts, in 1890, demonstrated his instrument for intubation in cases of laryngeal stenosis in adults. Progress in the treatment of chronic laryngeal stenosis during the past fifty years has been most encouraging. It is gratifying to know that a condition considered incurable fifty years ago may be treated today by modern methods with the expectation of satisfactory results, good function and a fair approach toward nor-