Helping Drugs
Corticosteroids may prevent laryngeal edema in adults, and they facilitate extubation in the pediatric intensive care unit. Long-term use of corticosteroids is not a contraindication for reconstructive surgery. Methylprednisolone and dexamethasone are the
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Marc Remacle Hans Edmund Eckel (Eds.)
Surgery of Larynx and Trachea
Prof. Marc Remacle Dept. of ORL-Head & Neck Surgery University Hospital of Louvain at Mont-Godinne Dr. G. Therasse avenue 1 5530 Yvoire, Belgium [email protected]
ISBN: 978-3-540-79135-5
Prof. Dr. Hans Edmund Eckel Landeskrankenhaus Klagenfurt Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Abteilung St. Veiter Str. 47 9026 Klagenfurt Austria [email protected]
e-ISBN: 978-3-540-79136-2
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79136-2 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009926262 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Cover design: eStudio Calamar, Figueres/Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
“To the memory of Prof. Dr. György Lichtenberger (1944–2009)”
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Foreword
I have been honoured to write the foreword to this European Textbook on Surgery of Larynx and Trachea. This multi-author textbook under the editorship of Professor Marc Remacle and Professor Hans Eckel is definitely a milestone in European laryngology and for the European Laryngological Society. The editors and the chapter authors belong to the leading laryngologists in Europe. The book covers a broad field within larynx and trachea and represents the state of art within European laryngology today. The book covers physiology, phoniatrics, open, and endoscopic operative techniques in adults and in pediatrics. Even assisting drugs used in clinical practice as steroids, fibrin glue, mitomycin C, cidofovir, etc. have been covered. The book is easy to read, but goes into depths of representative fields. On the whole, the book is very well illustrated, not only with endoscopic photos, but also with a lot of illustrative drawings which complement and add to the quality of the chapters. I am sure that this is a book that will be read, not only by laryngologists in Europe and outside, but also used in the teaching of residents and those su
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