Background Ultrasound of the neck with fine needle aspiration (US‐FNA) of suspicious lymph
nodes has potential advantages over other radiologic techniques as a screening method …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To describe our systematic approach to securing the airway in patients
with laryngeal tumors, developed over a 10-year period. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis. …

Objective: To identify risk factors for postoperative complications in patients undergoing
diverticulectomy and cricopharyngeal (CP) myotomy for Zenker's diverticulum. Study Design: …

A multiinstitutional study to define the impact of total treatment programs involving radical
neck dissection (RND) and modified neck dissection (MND) on patient' permanent disability …

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of endoscopic stapled diverticulotomy in the
treatment of patients with Zenker's diverticulum. Study Design Cohort study. Methods Fourteen …

Apneic anesthesia with intermittent ventilation (AAIV) has been used in 250 procedures on
the larynx and trachea at Indiana University Medical Center since October 1989. Initially …

Introduction The closure of complex tracheocutaneous fistulae is a surgical challenge. We
describe a staged approach for management of a patient with a large tracheocutaneous fistula …

Background From January 1981 through March 1996, 20 patients with head and neck
cancer underwent radical neck dissection with sacrifice of the spinal accessory nerve and …

DISCUSSION The thyroid gland appears in the fetus from an invagination in the floor of the
pharynx at about the fourth week of gestation. From the fourth through the seventh week of …

The hypothesis that there is an alternative motor input to the trapezius muscle through cervical
spinal nerves is evaluated through a review of the literature and through experimental …