Suspension laryngoscopy and its practical use ; translated by D.R. Paterson.

  • Gustav Killian
Date:
1914
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    glottic space and of tlio traclica has to be examined and granula- tions removed if necessary. For this purpose it may be necessary to pass a tube through the glottis. This I have done and Seiffert has reported a similar case. Fig. 33.—New three-channelled tube for bronchoscopy in children. In this connection a word may be said on the use of suspension pharyngoscopy. If a broad spatula, which does not extend far down, be attached to the suspension hook the pharynx is very ea.si]y made accessible in small children and operations can be performed, such as ton.sillectomy. Albrecht and I, as well as Freudenthal, have done it in small children under general anjesthesia. With the head dependent, the tonsil is seen upside down. Its upper polo is below and the technique of extirpation