Complications of neonatal tracheostomy: a 5-year review.

Objective: Study the complication rate of tracheostomy in premature infants and identify contributing factors. Setting Two university-based tertiary care children's hospitals.

Methods: The charts of 55 neonates who underwent tracheostomy between January 1997 and December 2002 were reviewed.

Concurrent functional endoscopic sinus surgery and rhinoplasty: pros.

Despite historical concerns about the spread of infection from the sinuses to the nasal tissues,concurrent septorhinoplasty and endoscopic sinus surgery may be performed safely in most patients who meet the criteria for sinus surgery. However, otolaryngologists should use good medical judgment in selecting patients appropriate for the combined procedures.Patients with extensive sinus pathology or systemic illness are not the ideal candidates for concurrent surgery.

Tracheostomy in preterm infants: current trends.

Objective: To study the indications for and outcomes of tracheostomy in a population of preterm infants.

Design: Retrospective analysis of case records.

Setting: Two university-affiliated tertiary care children's hospitals.

Myofibroblastoma of the larynx: a study of two cases.

Background: We describe, for the first time, the occurrence of two pure examples of spindle cell neoplasm with fibrous and smooth muscle differentiation in the larynx.

Materials And Method: Tissue sections from both tumors stained with hematoxylin and eosin were reviewed. Immunophenotypic analysis using keratin, S-100 protein, SMA, and h-Caldesmon markers was performed.