Russian scientists from the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS) have developed a method for the ...

A laryngeal fracture could mean a "disarticulation" [separation] or break in any of these structures or components that make up the larynx, including the thyroid cartilage, the arytenoids, and the ...

An Adam's apple is a protuberance at the front of the throat, formed by the angle of the thyroid cartilage surrounding the larynx. It is more prominent in males, due to the larger size and shape ...

Structure of the Airway. The larynx or the voice box is located in the upper respiratory tract in the thyroid cartilage, below which lies the cricoid cartilage followed by the trachea (windpipe).

Interestingly, from the third edition of the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system 3,4 until the sixth edition, 5 T4 and later T4a laryngeal cancer had been defined as tumor that ...

The indications for upfront laryngectomy in the management of laryngeal cancer are a functionless larynx and extralaryngeal extension. Practically, clinicians rely on imaging to predict which patients ...

January 30, 2011 (Phoenix, Arizona) — Computed tomography (CT) is not a reliable predictor of cartilage invasion in advanced laryngeal carcinoma, according to research presented here at the 2012 ...

Three circumferential sutures secure the thyroid cartilage to the hyoid bone, elevating the larynx. The midline suture also includes the epiglottis and pulls it anteriorly.

THYROTOMY for carcinoma of the larynx has been practiced since 1870 with varied success. The results were very discouraging at first, as, for instance, in Billroth's Clinic, where eight cases were ...

The larynx houses the vocal cords and that is why the Adam's apple appears to bob up and down when a person is speaking. ... the largest being the thyroid cartilage.