Role of Unilateral Vocal Cord Palsy in Causing Recurrent Tracheobronchial Foreign Bodies
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Unilateral Vocal Cord Palsy: An Etiopathological Study
Unilateral vocal cord palsy (UVCP) is not an uncommon finding in ENT practice. It is not a diagnosis by itself. The exact incidence of UVCP has been difficult to find out because of multiple reasons. Many cases are underdiagnosed because of spontaneous recovery or compensation by the opposite cord. Also, a good number of patients with postoperative hoarseness do not undergo a laryngoscopic eval...
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Pediatrics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2296-2360
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2019.00282