Papillomata
Categories:
CHRONIC STENOSIS OF THE LARYNX AND TRACHEA
Sources:
A Manual Of Peroral Endoscopy And Laryngeal Surgery
Decannulation after tracheotomy done for papillomata
should be deferred at least 6 months after the discontinuance of
recurrence. Not uncommonly the operative treatment of the growths has
been so mistakenly radical as to result in cicatricial or ankylotic
stenoses which require their appropriate treatments. It is the
author's opinion that recurrent papillomata constitute a benign
self-limited disease and are best treated by repeated superficial
removals, leaving the underlying normal structures uninjured. This
method will yield ultimately a perfect voice and will avoid the
unfortunate complications of cicatricial hypertrophic and ankylotic
stenosis.