09-12, 08:30–09:30 (Europe/Istanbul), Laryngology 2 (ICC - B3 Floor - 3B/09)
We will demonstrate the surgical treatment of laryngeal stenosis, including posterior glottic stenosis, bilateral recurrent laryngeal paralysis, and subglottic stenosis, in the operating room. We may manage laryngomicrosurgery, stenting, and open surgery based on the severity and extent of the stenosis.
Different surgical approaches can be chosen to enhance and sustain the airway. However, determining the appropriate indication may sometimes be challenging. We would like to share tips for deciding on surgical management for laryngeal stenosis.
Guri Sandhu is a consultant Laryngologist and Airway Surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital in London. He is Professor of Laryngology at Imperial College London. He graduated from the University of London and trained in ENT at The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear, and Great Ormond Street Hospitals. He co-founded, and is the lead, for the National Centre for Airway Reconstruction, and co-founder of the British Laryngological Association. He has 30 years’ experience in the field of Laryngology, with over 150 peer reviewed publications, 20 book chapters and 3 textbooks in Laryngology.
His honours include Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Music, ENT Surgeon to The Royal Society of Musicians, Honorary Fellow to The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and the only British ENT surgeon to be made fellow of the American Laryngological Association. He is Past-President for the section of Laryngology and Rhinology at the Royal Society of Medicineand Past-President of the British Laryngological Association.
Dr Karen Kost is a Professor of Otolaryngology, Director of the Voice and Dysphagia Laboratory and Fellowship program at McGill University. She is the past president of the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (CSO-HNS) and Founder of the Women in Otolaryngology section of the CSO-HNS. She is also the past president of the American Society of Geriatric Otolaryngology. Dr Kost is the Current President of the American Laryngological Association, and was recently nominated to serve as Eastern Section VP of the Triological Society in 2028.
Dr Kost has authored over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 30 book chapters, and has edited or co-edited 4 textbooks on Otolaryngology. She is the Associate editor of Laryngology for the Ear, Nose and Throat Journal, as well as for the ‘How I Do It’ section of the Laryngoscope. Dr Kost has given over 500 presentations around the world on voice, airway, and tracheostomy as a keynote speaker, ‘orator’, professor, invited lecturer and guest speaker.
As part of her interest in Global health, Dr Kost worked in the Canadian Arctic for over 20 years, performed the first surgical procedure under general anesthesia in Northern Quebec, and played an instrumental role in repatriating medical and surgical services to Nunavik in Northern Quebec. In addition, Dr. Kost participated in 2 humanitarian medical missions in remote villages of the Himalayas in Nepal accessible only by foot, with no running water and no electricity.
Dr Kost is the recipient of several awards, including: i) Birkett prize in Otolaryngology, ii) Recognition of Service and Commitment Award from the Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, iii) Distinction Award of Otolaryngology from the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, iv) McGill Otolaryngology Teacher of the Year Award twice, v) Helen B Krause Trailblazer Award from the Women in Otolaryngology section of the AAO-HNS, vi) Quebec Otolaryngology Association Award for Excellence and International Impact (2025), vii) Canadian Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Lifetime Achievement Award June 2025 viii) Irma Levasseur prize for Exceptional female physicians March 2026 from the Federation of Medical Specialists of Quebec.
He graduated from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in 2001 and got a Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine 2010. He studied at the University of Pittsburgh as a postdoctoral fellow from 2010 to 2011. He worked in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, from 2012. Assistant professor (2015 – 2017), Lecturer (2017-2024). He worked as a professor in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, since 2024. He is a specialist in Laryngology. He majors in clinical and basic Laryngology, particularly voice and swallowing disorders. His research interest is neuronal mechanisms underlying swallowing and vocalization based on electrophysiology.