Morphometric measurements of the cartilaginous larynx: An anatomic correlate of laryngeal surgery

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 743-750

  Sprinzl, Georg Mathias ^b   Eckel, Hans Edmund ^a   Sittel, Christian ^a   Pototschnig, Claus ^b   Koebke, Juergen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anatomy; Larynx; Morphometry; Phonosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRICOID; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX SURGERY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 0032721842     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199912)21:8<743::aid-hed10>3.3.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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