Endoscopic radiosurgical posterior transverse cordotomy for bilateral median vocal fold immobility

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 202-206

  Elsherief, Sayed ^a   Elsheikh, Mohamed Nasser ^a,b  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NONE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Larynx; Radiosurgery; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Vocal cord paralaysis; Voice Disorders

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC RADIOSURGICAL POSTERIOR TRANSVERSE CORDOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOSURGERY; SAFETY; SPIROMETRY; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CATHETER ABLATION; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 1842454325     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221504322927973     Document Type: Article

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