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Results
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Research
Head and neck cancer is a heterogeneous and mutilating disease demanding improvement of currently available treatment strategies due to high rate of treatment failures. Clinical evidence has emerged that head and neck cancer recurrence after the initial therapy depends greatly on an invasive phenoty
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Laryngotracheal cleft information
Laryngotracheal cleft information The development of the larynx (voice box) and its separation from the esophagus (food pipe) is a complex process. When the larynx develops normally, it is completely separate from the esophagus, so swallowed foods go directly into the stomach. Laryngeal cleft is a r
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Patients review
Patients review Malena Malena had undergone an extensive thoracic surgery for a congenital lung malformation at 6 months of age. She had a tracheostomy immediately after the surgery, followed by development of severe grade of subglottic stenosis. She underwent a cricotracheal resection with excision
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Montgomery T-tube removal
Montgomery T-tube removal MTT is used for stenting the airway after a stenosis correction surgery.The MTT is open at the upper end, though in some cases it might be closed by a cap. A closed MTT is used in complex airway stenosis surgery.Sometimes, the T-tube may get blocked due to dry secretions, m
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Conditions of use
This contact form is reserved for questions or suggestions you may have concerning our Institution. We would ask you to pay close attention to the following points before sending us a message: Requests for medical advice and confidential information For reasons of confidentiality and respect for the
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Pr René Prêtre
Pr René Prêtre Professor René Prêtre Cardiac surgeon Service of cardiac surgery Lausanne University Hospital Desk: tel. +41 21 314 26 95 René Prêtre is a cardiac surgeon specialised in congenital heart defects. As such, due to the close anatomic relationship of the heart and the lungs, he is regular
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Glossary
Glossary Most of the patients managed at the Lausanne University Hospital have complicated ENT problems in addition to various other medical and surgical problems. Various conditions mentioned in the glossary give you an in-depth idea of the pathological conditions that your family member/child is s
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[Translate to English:] Vidéo
[Translate to English:] Vidéo posterior cricoid split using CO2 laser
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Find us
Find us Service of cardiac surgery website
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What is the first step in treatment?
What is the first step in treatment? Endoscopic evaluation & diagnosis Before we can treat the airway, it is extremely important to have the correct diagnosis that helps in treatment planning for the surgery of each individual patient. At the CHUV, we have the State-of-Art endoscopy suite (Centre d'
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