Laser treatment of symptomatic anterior pharyngeal pouches after laryngectomy

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 310-314

  Pennings, Ronald J E ^a   Van Den Hoogen, Frank J A ^a   Marres, Henri A M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anterior pharyngeal pouch; Laryngectomy; Laser treatment; Pseudovallecula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOOD REGURGITATION; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033031893     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199907)21:4<310::AID-HED3>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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