Implantation of esterified hyaluronic acid in microdissected Reinke's space after vocal fold microsurgery: First clinical experiences

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 10 I, 2005, Pages 1841-1847

  Finck, Camille ^a,b   Lefebvre, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Esterified hyaluronic acid; Reinke's space; SLLP; Vocal fold bio implantation; Vocal fold microsurgery

Indexed keywords

ESTERIFIED HYALURONIC ACID; FIBRIN GLUE; HYALURONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD INSTRUMENTATION OF BOUCHAYER; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INFLAMMATION; LAMINA PROPRIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LARYNX DISORDER; LARYNX SURGERY; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; MICROFLAP TECHNIQUE; MICROSURGERY; PLIABILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINKE SPACE; RIGID LARYNGOSCOPY; SCAR; STROBOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEORECORDING; VIDEOSTROBOSCOPY; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL FOLD LESION; VOICE;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PILOT PROJECTS; SURGICAL FLAPS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 26944503419     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000173158.22274.8d     Document Type: Article

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