A5101585258- Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment
- Head and Neck Anomalies
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques
- Airway Management and Intubation Techniques
- Tracheal and airway disorders
- Head and Neck Cancer Studies
- Foreign Body Medical Cases
Seoul National University
2015-2016
Seoul National University Hospital
2014
Is There Any Age Cutoff to Treat Elderly Patients with Head and Neck Cancer? Comparing Septuagenarians OctogenariansWith the increase in life expectancy, age is no longer considered as a limitation for treatment.Nevertheless, treatment of elderly patients head neck cancer (HNC) remains controversial.Here, we aimed review our experience patients, while particularly focusing on differences among older old (septuagenarians vs. octogenarians).We retrospectively reviewed records 260 who were...
Foreign body (FB) airway obstruction is a life-threatening clinical situation. The FB’s are removed by bronchoscopy in the majority of patients, but highly-selected cases, tracheotomy occasionally indicated foreign extraction, when they subglottic location and impacted, or large enough to get obstructed at glottic chink during endoscopic removal. Authors report one case tracheal FB which required for removal after failure with rigid bronchoscopy.