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An endoscopic silastic kell for anterior glottic webs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

D. A. Parker*
Affiliation:
Registrar in Otolaryngology, Birmingham and Midland Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital.
A. R. Das Gupta
Affiliation:
Consultant in Otolaryngology, Birmingham and Midland Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital.
*
D. A. Parker, F.R.C.S., Registrar, Birmingham & Midland Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital, Edmund Street, Birmingham B3 3HH.

Abstract

The use of a specially designed silastic keel endoscopically inserted into the larynx to prevent restenosis after division of anterior commisure webs of the larynx is described. The treatment of such webs is discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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