Endoscopic posterior costal cartilage graft placement for acute management of pediatric bilateral vocal fold paralysis without tracheostomy

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1555-1558

  Thakkar, Kunal ^a   Gerber, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral vocal fold paralysis; Child; Children; CO2 laser; Costal cartilage graft; Endoscopic; Pediatric; Posterior cricoid expansion; Upper airway obstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CARTILAGE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRICOID CARTILAGE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER THERAPY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RIBS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 50649116808     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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