Vocal cord laterofixation as early treatment for acute bilateral abductor paralysis after thyroid surgery

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 375-378

  Jori J ^a   Rovo L ^a   Czigner, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acute endolaryngeal vocal cord laterofixation; Bilateral vocal cord palsy; Thyroid surgery complications; Tracheostomy; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SURGICAL INJURY; THYROID SURGERY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SPIROMETRY; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE;

EID: 0031752893     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004050050081     Document Type: Article

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