: In the current literature, mandatory surgical exploration is a controversial topic, with some advocating for it and others against it, proposing a selective conservative management. This multidisciplinary therapeutic approach is based on clinical examination and serial paraclinical explorations associated with supportive drug treatment. : The study group consisted of 103 patients with complex cervical trauma pathology produced by various mechanisms such as car or domestic accidents, aggression, ballistic trauma, self-inflicted attempts, hanging or strangulation hospitalized in the Ear, Nose and Throat (E.
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Unlabelled: Dysphagia following laryngeal surgery is a common and severe symptom. Two life-threatening complications can compromise the patiens quality of life: pneumonia and malnutrition. Diagnostic procedures of swallowing disorders are represented by videofluoroscopic evaluation, CT scan and fiberoptics endoscopy.
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The authors present a retrospective study on 84 cases with laryngo-pharyngo-esophageal stenosis treated in ENT Department of "Sf. Spiridon" Emergency Clinical Hospital from Iaşi, over 25 years, between 1980-2005 which were solved by surgical treatment. In order to solve the different types of the superior laryngeal stenosis and the hypo-pharynx, there have been used deltoid-pectoralis cutaneous flaps.
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