Office-based laryngeal laser surgery with the 532-nm pulsed-potassium- titanyl-phosphate laser

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 394-400

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

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphonia; Glottic; Glottis; Laryngoscopy; Larynx; Laser; Vocal cord

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOSIS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX INJURY; LARYNX PAPILLOMATOSIS; LARYNX SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VOCAL CORD;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNX; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE;

EID: 35948940414     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3282f1fbb2     Document Type: Review

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