Improved outcomes with early vocal fold medialization for vocal fold paralysis after thoracic surgery

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-75

  Bhattacharyya, Neil ^a,b   Batirel, Hasan ^a,b   Swanson, Scott J ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Dysphagia; Thoracic surgery; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PNEUMONIA; THORAX SURGERY; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

BRONCHOSCOPY; COLLAGEN; ESOPHAGECTOMY; GELATIN SPONGE, ABSORBABLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SILICONES; THYROID CARTILAGE; TIME FACTORS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0037441821     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(02)00114-1     Document Type: Article

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