Koutou (THE LARYNX JAPAN)
Online ISSN : 2185-4696
Print ISSN : 0915-6127
ISSN-L : 0915-6127
A Case of a Foreign Body of the Larynx Removed by Thyrotomy
Koji OshiroMasahiko HigasikawaHirosi Takenaka
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Keywords: thyrotomy
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2004 Volume 16 Issue 1 Pages 36-39

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A 22-years-old male complained of neck pain while using a lawn mower. He found a skin injury on the front of his neck. Computed tomography discovered a foreign body within the thyroid cartilage, which did not reach to the membrane of the larynx. He underwent a “thyrotomy” and a tracheostomy under general anesthesia. We found a foreign body that was burying under the thyroarytenoid muscle. It was made of metal and was 1 cm length. No functional disturbance was observed after the surgery.
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