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The second Joseph H. Ogura memorial lecture complications of laryngeal surgery: Etiology and prevention
Author(s) -
Waed Paul H.
Publication year - 1988
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 - 10.1288/00005537-198801000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , surgery , granulation tissue , edema , stenosis , laryngeal paralysis , paralysis , radiology , pathology , wound healing
Conservation, surgery has developed into the fine‐tuned, state‐of‐the‐art procedure during the past century. With success have come the complications of stenosis, edema, infection, granulation tissue, scarring, paralysis of the laryngeal nerves, slough, aspiration, and recurrence of tumor. Some of these problems can be prevented by solid anatomical knowledge and meticulous surgery.