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Excision of benign larygeal lesions: comparison of carbon dioxide laser with conventional surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. M. Robinson  and
A. M. Weir
P. M. Robinson*
Affiliation:
Current post—Tutor in Otolaryngology, Leeds General Infirmary.
A. M. Weir
Affiliation:
Current post—registrar in Otolaryngology, Gartnavel General Hospital, Glasgow.
*
Tutor in Otolaryngology, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds.
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Abstract

Twenty-six cases of patients presenting with benign laryngeal lesions treated by laser excision were compared with age and sex matched controls treated by conventional surgery. There was no statistically significant difference post-operatively between the groups in analgesic requirement, length of hospital stay, voice quality or laryngoscopic appearance.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 101 , Issue 12 , December 1987 , pp. 1254 - 1257
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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