Issue N# 1 - 2000
OROPHARYNX
A new tongue plate for use in oropharyngeal KTP laser surgery
Authors : C. A. Ayshford, M. Kabbani, T. N. Reddy (Walsall)
Ref. : Rev Laryngol Otol Rhinol. 2000;121,1:57-58.
Article published in english 
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Summary :
The KTP laser is used in both uvulopalatopharyngoplasty and tonsillectomy. However the need to use laser guarded endo-tracheal tubes represents a sizeable expense to the procedure. The authors describe a modified tongue plate to the oropharyngeal gag that covers all of the endo-tracheal tube, thus enabling the safe use of a non-laser guarded, PVC endo-tracheal tube. In over a hundred such procedures there has been no laser-related complications. The authors consider that the one off cost of this tongue plate and gag allows a more cost-effective method for performing laser-assisted uvulopalatopharyngoplasty and tonsillectomy.
Price : 5.50 €
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