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A Different Cord Lateralization Procedure
Author(s) -
Scrivener B. P.,
Fagan P. A.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1970.tb05384.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cricoid cartilage , anatomy , paralysis , cord , lateralization of brain function , recurrent laryngeal nerve , cartilage , surgery , larynx , audiology , thyroid
A different method of lateralizing the vocal cords after bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis is described. The cricoid cartilage is split posteriorly, after which a cartilage graft is inserted and held in place with wire sutures.