Evaluation of nasal mucociliary activity in laryngectomized patients
Fiorella, R.; Grammatica, L.
Bollettino della Societa Italiana di Biologia Sperimentale 59(7): 1029-1034
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0037-8771 PMID: 6626328 Document Number: 215286
The mucus-ciliar transport (M.C.T.) was studied by the indirect objective method of bleu of metilene in 30 patients undergone (at least since one year) on operation of total laryngectomy. The M.C.T. was absent in 1/3 of the patients and extended in almost all the others this kind of response may be explained as a consequence both of constitutional features and relative inertness of nasal mucous membrane following the absence of ventilation.