Objective: To describe the casuistic of the Voice Unit at Hospital Dona Estefânia and compare the diagnoses obtained with flexible fiberoptic videolaryngoscopy and distal chip flexible videolaryngoscopy. Study design: Retrospective observational study. Material and Methods: Review of clinical records from patients first evaluated from September 2018 to December 2021. Results: Videolaryngoscopy was obtained in ...
COVID-19 has led to an increase number of tracheotomized patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation, whose consequences on voice, swallowing and high airway are poorly known in these patients. The objective of this project was to study them. The 37 COVID-19 patients, hospitalized in an Intensive Care Unit, who had undergone tracheotomy and were subsequently decannulated, between March 2020 and November...
Introduction: Cerebrospinal fluid leak (CSF) is characterized by the breakdown of all barriers that separate the subarachnoid space from the mucosa of the nasal cavity or paranasal sinus. The endoscopic transnasal techniques are nowadays a valid alternative for the repair of these anterior skull base defects. Matherial e Methods: Retrospective study considering all patients who underwent endoscopic transnasal C...