Safety of Simultaneous Bilateral Botulinum Toxin Injections for Abductor Spasmodic Dysphonia
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Safety of simultaneous bilateral botulinum toxin injections for abductor spasmodic dysphonia.
OBJECTIVE To review the safety of simultaneous bilateral posterior cricoarytenoid muscle botulinum toxin injections. DESIGN Retrospective case series review. SETTING Tertiary care academic clinic. PATIENTS Twenty-one patients with abductor spasmodic dysphonia. INTERVENTIONS Patients received 100 simultaneous bilateral posterior cricoarytenoid muscle botulinum toxin injections for isolat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.9.793