Epiglottitis - From Diagnosis to Resolution Over Time (Pics and Video)

Normal Epiglottis The normal epiglottis is a very thin flap of tissue that closes over the windpipe when swallowing preventing food/liquids from going down the wrong way. Shown by the blue arrow in the picture, when the epiglottis becomes infected, it can swell in size to even obstruct the airway leading to death by asphyxiation. Indeed, epiglottitis is what is thought to have killed our first  President George Washington . Fortunately,  epiglottitis  is quite rare ever since the introduc…

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Beat Boxer Tom Thum Posts Endoscopic View of His Voicebox

Dr. Matthew Broadhurst and beat-boxer Tom Thum produced a video showing what the voicebox looks like when beat-boxing. Click this link to see what beat-boxing looks like on an MRI scan. Video showing general information regarding laryngoscopy:

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Normal Radiological Appearance After Endoscopic Treatment of Zenker's Diverticulum (ESD)

Patient's who suffer from Zenker's Diverticulum report significant difficulty in swallowing , food regurgitation, aspiration, noisy swallowing, etc. These symptoms all stem from the abnormal presence of a "pouch" in the throat where food and liquids get trapped during swallow. The main way of diagnosing a Zenker's Diverticulum is a radiological test called the barium swallow . Endoscopic staple diverticulostomy (ESD) is a minimally invasive procedure to eliminate th…

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Bleeding After Tonsillectomy (Pictures)

Bleeding after Tonsillectomy (circa 2010) 5 years old patient Bleeding after tonsillectomy is a very rare, but potentially life-threatening event. The often quoted probability of bleeding after this surgery is 1 in 1000 . Many surgeons have statistics much better than this. I like to consider myself in this "better" group. But... no matter how good you are, if enough tonsillectomies are performed, statistically, a significant bleed after tonsillectomy will occur at some point no…

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Why Is a Nosejob Sometimes Necessary to Resolve Nasal Obstruction?

A very common complaint for a patient to see an ENT surgeon is to resolve nasal obstruction. The most common surgeries to resolve nasal obstruction include septoplasty , adenoidectomy , and turbinate reduction . All of theses procedure are performed within the nasal cavity and does not affect appearance. However, sometimes in order to resolve nasal obstruction , the appearance of the nose MUST change especially if the nostril openings are very narrow. By looking at these example pictures o…

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Video of Epiglottitis

The normal epiglottis is a very thin flap of tissue that closes over the windpipe when swallowing preventing food/liquids from going down the wrong way. Shown by the blue arrow in the picture, when the epiglottis becomes infected, it can swell in size to even obstruct the airway leading to death by asphyxiation. Indeed, epiglottitis is what is thought to have killed our first President George Washington . Fortunately, epiglottitis is quite rare ever since the introduction and regular use o…

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