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Injury and repair of the recurrent laryngeal nerves in dogs.
Author(s) -
Boles Roger,
Fritzell Bjorn
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-196908000-00006
Subject(s) - medicine , recurrent laryngeal nerve , swallowing , phonation , vocal cord paralysis , paralysis , surgery , vocal fold paralysis , breathing , rehabilitation , cord , larynx , anesthesia , audiology , physical therapy , thyroid
Surgical repair of recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries has received renewed experimental attention in recent years. 1,2,3 This work has been motivated by the considerable disability which vocal cord paralysis continues to cause, particularly regarding phonation, aspiration on swallowing, and difficulty in breathing. Interest in direct nerve repair has also evolved out of the frequent failure to achieve complete rehabilitation of the laryngeal functions with the usual surgical procedures of tracheostomy, arytenoidectomy and arytenopexy, and vocal fold injection and displacement techniques.