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Multispeciality Team Approach
Multispeciality Team Approach The compromised airway management requires several medical specialities working together to achieve the best results. Many of our patients have several medical co-morbidities due to syndromes or prematurity. We take into consideration these very special demands when ass
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Airway Reconstruction Surgeries
Airway Reconstruction Surgeries Broadly, there are four types of open airway reconstructions: Laryngotracheal reconstruction with cartilage grafting Allows airway expansion. Cricotracheal resection Excision of the stenotic segment followed by an end-to-end anastomosis. Tracheal resection Excision of
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Meet the team
Meet the team Surgical Team: Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Dr. Kishore Sandu Airway Sector Secretary Sandrine Morand Anaesthesiology CHUV Service of Anaesthesiology Dr. Madeleine Chollet - Endoscopy Dr Yann Bögli, Dr Mirko Dolci and Dr S
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Tracheal stenosis information
Tracheal stenosis information The trachea is the airway tube connecting the voice box to the lungs. It is made up of 16-20, C-shaped rings of cartilage. Cartilage is firm and not hard as bone and is similar to what makes the ears and nose. Sometimes these C- rings are complete or O-shaped that does
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Choanal atresia information
Choanal atresia information During the first few weeks of life the larynx (voice box) is high up in the neck and the new born is an obligate nose breather. Choanal atresia is a rare congenital condition. Sometimes the nasal passages are blocked by bone or tissue and can affect either one or both nas
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Sleep apnea in children and adults
Sleep apnea in children and adults Sometimes our normal sleep pattern may be altered and disrupted causing periods in which the individual fails to breathe or has apnea. It can affect children and adults. The causes could be due to a central pathology, where the brain no longer transmits signals to
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Tracheomalacia / Bronchomalacia information
Tracheomalacia / Bronchomalacia information The trachea extends from the larynx above until the beginning of the bronchi. The trachea and bronchi can be considered to a tree with further ramifications of the bronchi into the lungs. There are 2 main bronchi - each for the right and left lung, which i
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Planning an overnight stay
Planning an overnight stay Referral to our Airway Unit Documents needed when coming to Lausanne The referral letter from your GP or hospital notification; Insurance certificate / health card; A form of identification (passport, identity card, Swiss resident permit) or registry office document (famil
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Treatments
Treatments Cutting edge technology combined with highly acclaimed staff Our Airway Unit has performed a large number of airway reconstructions in children and adults. The team includes highly acclaimed surgeons and works in collaboration with anaesthesiologists, pediatric and adult intensivists, ped
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Dr Kishore Sandu
Dr Kishore Sandu Head of the Airway Unit of the Service of otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Currently, Dr Sandu heads the Airway Unit of the Service of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV). This sector is recognized as centre de médecine hau
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