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. 2020 Nov;130(11):2622-2624.
doi: 10.1002/lary.28919. Epub 2020 Aug 5.

Closed Total Laryngectomy During the COVID-19 Pandemic Disease

Daniele De Seta  1 , Valeria Marrosu  1 , Francesca Y Russo  1 , Filippo Carta  1 , Roberto Puxeddu  1
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Closed Total Laryngectomy During the COVID-19 Pandemic Disease

Daniele De Seta et al. Laryngoscope. 2020 Nov.
No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Larynx; infection; total laryngectomy.

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Fig. 1.
Oblique stapling allows an easy and complete engagement of the mucosa by the stapler jaws. It represents a compromise between transversal and vertical orientation, the first will be too large for the stapler with excessive traction of the mucosa, the latter has the chin as obstacle for the proper engagement of the mucosa.
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