Endoscopic Anterior and Posterior Cricoid Split for Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Case Reports

Nicola M Pereira et al. Laryngoscope. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;132(2):459-460.

doi: 10.1002/lary.29752. Epub 2021 Sep 28.

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, U.S.A.

No abstract available

Keywords: Bilateral vocal fold paralysis; anterior-posterior cricoid split; endoscopic airway surgery.

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