Advances in the management of glottic insufficiency

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 480-484

  Damrose, Edward J ^a   Berke, Gerald S ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium hydroxyapatite; Collagen; Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene; Glottic insufficiency; Hyaluronic acid; Larynx; Polydimethylsiloxane; Thyroplasty

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN IMPLANT; GELFOAM; HYALURONIC ACID; POLITEF; SILASTIC; SILICONE;

DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLOTTIC INSUFFICIENCY; HUMAN; LARYNGOPLASTY; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLITEF IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES;

EID: 0344553267     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200312000-00013     Document Type: Review

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