Hoarseness caused by unilateral vocal fold paralysis: How long should one delay phonosurgery?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 555-556

  Tsunoda, Koichi ^a,c   Kikkawa, Yayoi Suzuki ^b   Kumada, Masanobu ^b   Higo, Ryusaburo ^b   Tayama, Niro ^b  

^a Nissan Tamagawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autologous transplantation of fascia; Hoarseness; Idiopathic vocal cord paralysis; Phonosurgery; Voice therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHONOSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

AGED; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; MALE; SPEECH THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0037613732     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000028114     Document Type: Article

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