
Julio Bartolome Masacote Torres
Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, PhilippinesPresentation Title:
A makeshift stent using feeding port of siliconized nasogastric tube for management of idiopathic acquired supraglottic web
Abstract
A 60-year-old female was presented with persistent hoarseness and dyspneic episodes. On examination, we identified a supraglottic web. Patient promptly underwent tracheostomy. For the second stage procedure, the supraglottic web was excised with carbon dioxide laser. Then, a stent designed by the authors was placed. The feeding port of a French 16 siliconized nasogastric tube was cut. Round edge of the feeding port was situated against the anterior commissure of the glottis while the opposite side of the port with the stem was placed over the interarytenoid area to secure the stent and to serve as handle for removal. Fixation of stent was done by passing a poly-p-dioxanone size 2-0 suture percutaneously, passing through the lumen of the stent. Patient was eventually decannulated with improvement of voice.
Biography
Julio Bartolome M. Torres earned his medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in the Philippines. He recently completed his residency training for otorhinolaryngology – head and neck surgery at Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Philippines. He served eight months as the chief senior resident from the said department. He recently published an article under Otolaryngology Case Reports for the journal’s 2025 issue.