First experience in the treatment of bronchial asthma by resection of the superior laryngeal nerve

Operations were conducted on 21 patients for bronchial asthma. Four of them suffered from the hormone-dependent form of the disease. The duration of the disease ranged from 12 months to 18 years. The operations were performed under local anesthesia through a left approach. The internal branch of the...

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Published inGrudnaia i serdechno-sosudistaia khirurgiia no. 1-2; p. 45
Main Authors Feofilov, G L, Mel'nikov, V M, Bushuev, A A, Osipov, V P, Levitskiĭ, V A, Vitsyn, A E
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 1992
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Anesthesia, Local
Asthma - surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Laryngeal Nerves - surgery
Male
Middle Aged
Spirometry
Time Factors
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Summary:Operations were conducted on 21 patients for bronchial asthma. Four of them suffered from the hormone-dependent form of the disease. The duration of the disease ranged from 12 months to 18 years. The operations were performed under local anesthesia through a left approach. The internal branch of the superior laryngeal nerve was exposed and identified and a segment of it was resected. The immediate results were positive in 16 cases, no effect was produced in 5 patients. The positive results were confirmed by clinical data and spirometry.
ISSN:0236-2791