Endoscopic total arytenoidectomy for bilateral abductor vocal fold paralysis: A new flap technique and personal experience with 50 cases

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2219-2226

  Yilmaz, Taner ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

arytenoid cartilage; laryngeal diseases; thyroidectomy; vocal cord paralysis; Vocal cords

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BREATHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC TOTAL ARYTENOIDECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH INTENSITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWALLOWING; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARYTENOID CARTILAGE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866930917     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23467     Document Type: Review

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