Cordectomy versus arytenoidectomy in the management of bilateral vocal cord paralysis

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 852-857

  Eckel, Hans E ^a   Thumfart, Monika ^a   Vössing, Martin ^a   Wassermann, Klaus ^a   Thumfart, Walter F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

arytenoidectomy; cordectomy; larynx; laser; paralysis; vocal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LASER SURGERY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARYTENOID CARTILAGE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, WHOLE BODY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPIROMETRY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE;

EID: 0028135434     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: 19433572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949410301105     Document Type: Article

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