Hydrostatic balloon dilatation of pharyngeal stricture under local anaesthetic

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 56-58

  Vaghela, Hersad M ^a   Moir, Andrew A ^a  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dilatation; Hydrostatic pressure; Laryngectomy; Pharynx

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX STRICTURE; RADIOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BALLOON DILATATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LIDOCAINE; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645734349     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215105005438     Document Type: Article

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