Peter J. Koltai MD, FACS, FAAP

Publication Details

  • The "postcricoid cushion": observations on the vascular anatomy of the posterior cricoid region.

    Hoff SR, Koltai PJ. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2012; 138 (6): 562-71

    To describe the cyclical vascular enlargement that occurs in the postcricoid region during the expiratory phase on an infant's cry, and to consider the anatomic, physiologic, and clinical implications of this phenomenon, which we term the "postcricoid cushion."

    PubMedID: 22710508

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