Laryngology
{{Short description|Medical specialty that deals with the larynx}}
Laryngology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders, diseases and injuries of the larynx, colloquially known as the voice box. Laryngologists treat disorders of the larynx, including diseases that affects the voice, swallowing, or upper airway. Common conditions addressed by laryngologists include vocal fold nodules and cysts, laryngeal cancer, spasmodic dysphonia, laryngopharyngeal reflux, papillomas, and voice misuse/abuse/overuse syndromes. Dysphonia/hoarseness; laryngitis (including Reinke's edema, Vocal cord nodules and polyps); *Spasmodic dysphonia; dysphagia; Tracheostomy; Cancer of the larynx; and vocology (the science and practice of voice habilitation) are included in laryngology.
Etymology of "laryngology"
Famous laryngologists
- Paul Gerber (1863–1919), who published poetry under the pseudonym Heinrich Garibert{{cite journal |title=Prof. Paul Gerber (Königsberg, Germany) |journal=The Journal of Laryngology and Otology |date=1920 |volume=35 |pages=351–352 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QXI4AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Heinrich+Garibert%22+%281863%E2%80%931919%29&pg=PA351 |access-date=27 August 2022 |publisher=J. & A. Churchill |language=en}}
- George Duncan Gibb (1821–1876){{cite journal |last1=Laurenson |first1=Rae Duncan |title=George Duncan Gibb (1821–1876): London's Foremost Laryngologist |journal=Journal of Medical Biography |date=November 1997 |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=205–209 |doi=10.1177/096777209700500404 |pmid=11619712 |s2cid=19998346 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/096777209700500404 |access-date=27 August 2022 |language=en |issn=0967-7720|url-access=subscription }}
- Morell Mackenzie (1837–1892)
- Felix Semon (1849–1921)
- St Clair Thomson (1857–1943)
- Chevalier Jackson (1865–1958){{cite journal|last=Jackson|first=C|author-link=Chevalier Jackson|title=Tracheostomy|journal=The Laryngoscope|volume=19|issue=4|pages=285–90|year=1909|doi=10.1288/00005537-190904000-00003|s2cid=221922284|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1448734}}{{cite journal|last=Jackson|first=C|title=The technique of insertion of intratracheal insufflation tubes|journal=Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics|volume=17|pages=507–9|year=1913}} Abstract reprinted in {{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1460-9592.1996.tb00434.x|title=The technique of insertion of intratracheal insufflation tubes|journal=Pediatric Anesthesia|year=1996 |volume=6|issue=3|page=230|last1=Jackson |first1=Chevalier |s2cid=72582327 }}{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=C|title=A manual of peroral endoscopy and laryngeal surgery|chapter=I: Instrumentarium|publisher=W.B. Saunders|location=Philadelphia|year=1922|pages=17–52|chapter-url=http://mybebook.com/download_free_ebook/jackson-chevalier-1865-1958_ebooks/bronchoscopy-and-esophagoscopya-manual-of-peroral-endoscopy-and-laryngeal-surgery/ebook13336.pdf|isbn=978-1-4326-6305-6|access-date=2010-09-17}}
- Victor Negus (1887–1974)
- Georges Portmann (1890–1985)
- Sir John Milsom Rees (1866–1952)
- Oliver St John Gogarty
See also
References
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External links
- [http://bastianmedicalmedia.com/ Educational site about disorders of the larynx]
- [http://www.fauquierent.net/laryngologists.htm List of Laryngologists in the US and Around the World]
- [http://www2.kenes.com/laryngology2012/Pages/Home.aspx Laryngology 2012]
- [http://www.voicedoctor.net/ Medical site dedicated to the study of voice]
- [http://www.voicedoctor.net/physicians Voice doctor directory]
- [https://drlesliekoh.com.sg/ ENT Specialist]