Functional electrical stimulation (FES) of the posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA) muscle to produce vocal fold abduction offers an alternative approach to current surgical therapies for bilateral vocal… (More)
One hundred newborns with neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) were treated surgically according to a uniform protocol between July, 1980 and June, 1988. The infants (53 females, 47 males)… (More)
Substernal goiter is an infrequent occurrence and is found in two to five per cent of all patients undergoing thyroid surgery. These lesions are well known to cause respiratory symptoms and… (More)