Laser microsurgical bilateral posterior cordectomy for the treatment of bilateral vocal fold paralysis

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 599-604

  Olthoff, Arno ^a   Zeiss, Daniel ^a   Laskawi, Rainer ^a   Kruse, Eberhard ^a   Steiner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laryngeal paralysis; Laser surgery; Respiratory function; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BODY PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE;

EID: 23844435320     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400804     Document Type: Article

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