Effective management of the upper and lower airways is a critical skill for anesthesiologists, as well as professionals in emergency medicine and critical care. Inadequate airway management remains a ...

Introduction: Laryngeal cancer is the most common cancer of the upper respiratory tract. The main methods of treatment included surgery (partial laryngectomy and total laryngectomy) and radiation ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A woman is charged with murder after being accused of strangling a patient to death at a Louisville addiction treatment center. Louisville Metro Police officers arrested ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville police arrested a woman two days after a patient at a Louisville addiction treatment center was found dead in her room. According to her arrest citation, Angela ...

The hyoid bone is a small horseshoe-shaped bone located in the front of your neck. It sits between the chin and the thyroid cartilage and is instrumental in the function of swallowing and tongue ...

The sternohyoid muscle, one of the most important muscles in your neck, helps you swallow and keeps your voice box (larynx) steady. By strengthening this muscle, you can enhance neck stability, ...

The hypoglossal nerve is one of the 12 cranial nerves arising from the brain. It's a paired nerve, and you have two — left and right. Together, the two hypoglossal nerves control the muscles of the ...

Abstract: We aimed to develop some welfare devices for phonation disorder patients. One of them is the electrical control type speaking valve system. The conventional speaking valve have the one-way ...

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Abstract: A speaking valve is one of the speech assistance devices, and it is used for speech cannula and tracheal opening retainer user. Conventional speaking valves have one-way valve mechanism, ...

The sternothyroid muscle is present in the front region of the neck. It is part of the infrahyoid muscle group and aids functions such as swallowing and speech. Certain health conditions may affect ...

Department of Ultrasound Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China Background: This study aimed to evaluate the association between clinicopathologic variables ...