TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2016//
TI  - Pharyngotomy for a swallowed denture
JO  - Journal of perioperative practice
A1  - Ellis, Harold
SP  - 205
EP  - 206
VL  - 26
IS  - 9
N2  - The introduction of inhalation anaesthesia, first by the use of ether in 1845 and then of chloroform in the following year, saw an explosion in the range and extent of major surgical procedures as patients were spared the agonies of the surgeon's knife. A good example of this was the operation of pharyngotomy - opening the cervical oesophagus through a lateral incision of the neck - to remove an impacted foreign body. One cannot imagine a surgeon being able to do this without the benefit of an anaesthetic! Edward Cock, a surgeon at Guy's Hospital, performed this operation successfully on two occasions; the second was reported in detail in the Guy's Hospital Reports 1868, Volume 28.<br><br>Copyright the Association for Perioperative Practice.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1750-4589
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -