난치성 오연 치료를 위한 Blom-Singer 튜브를 이용한 성문폐쇄술

Severe aspiration occasionally bring into fatal results. In mildly aspirated cases, supportive therapy or conservative operation is sufficient. However, severely aspirated patients need more invasive operation. Although a lot of operative methods have been introduced, choice of operative method is controversial. Especially, extent of operation, post-operarative vocability and reversability must be considered. Authors operate on three patients for intractable aspiration due to both vocal cord palsy with glottic closure with Blom-singer tube insertion, and controlled the aspirations effectively. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 1999;10:297-299)