The use of the pulse dye laser in the treatment of vocal fold scar: A preliminary study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1884-1888

  Mortensen, Melissa M ^a   Woo, Peak ^a   Ivey, Chandra ^a   Thompson, Chandler ^b   Carroll, Linda ^a   Altman, Kenneth ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pulse dye laser; Vocal cord scar

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYE LASER; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; PHONOSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; RECORDING; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; STROBOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOCAL FOLD SCAR; INJURY; LARYNX DISORDER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPEECH; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 53449092777     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31817d7546     Document Type: Article

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