Office-based laryngeal laser surgery with local anesthesia

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 141-147

  Zeitels, Steven M ^a   Burns, James A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysplasia; Hoarseness; Laryngoscopy; Laser; Papillomatosis; Vocal cord

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DYE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE; THULIUM; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBULATORY SURGERY; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOTTAL KERATOSIS; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; LARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPIC SURGERY; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; LASER SURGERY;

EID: 34247899059     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3281574582     Document Type: Review

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