Transcervical Exploration via the Posterolateral Approach to Extract a Fishbone Embedded in the Paraglottic Space

Yang-Yang Bao; Min Gao; Zhe Chen; Heng-Chao Chen; Zai-Zai Cao; Yu Guo; Shui-Hong Zhou

doi:10.1177/01455613221116334

Transcervical Exploration via the Posterolateral Approach to Extract a Fishbone Embedded in the Paraglottic Space

Ear Nose Throat J. 2022 Aug 13:1455613221116334. doi: 10.1177/01455613221116334. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Yang-Yang Bao¹, Min Gao², Zhe Chen¹, Heng-Chao Chen¹, Zai-Zai Cao¹, Yu Guo¹, Shui-Hong Zhou¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China.
² Department of Otolaryngology, International Institutes of Medicine, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, P.R. China.

PMID: 35968732
DOI: 10.1177/01455613221116334

Abstract

Ingested foreign bodies occasionally migrate to the paraglottic space. The external transcervical approach is almost always required to extract completely embedded foreign bodies. We report a case of an ingested fishbone embedded in the paraglottic space, which was successfully removed through transcervical exploration of the paraglottic space via the posterolateral approach. The posterolateral approach is safe and effective for the removal of foreign bodies completely embedded in the paraglottic space.

Keywords: foreign body; migration; paraglottic space; posterolateral approach.