Vocal fold paralysis: Role of bilateral transverse cordotomy

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1348-1351

  Bajaj, Y ^a   Sethi, N ^a   Shayah, A ^a   Harris, A T ^a   Henshaw, P ^a   Coatesworth, A P ^a   Nicolaides, A R ^a  

^a YORK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arytenoid cartilages; Cordotomy; Vocal cord paralysis; Vocal cords

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILATERAL TRANSVERSE POSTERIOR CORDOTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORDOTOMY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX MUCOSA; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROLARYNGOSCOPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 75149162785     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215109990983     Document Type: Article

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