Voice Outcomes Following Posterior Cordotomy With Medial Arytenoidectomy in Patients With Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility
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Voice Outcomes Following Posterior Cordotomy With Medial Arytenoidectomy in Patients With Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility.
IMPORTANCE Voice quality-of-life (VQOL) and perceptual voice outcomes are presumed to worsen following posterior cordotomy with medial arytenoidectomy for bilateral vocal fold immobility (BVFI); however, subjective and objective voice outcomes are not well studied in this postsurgical patient population. OBJECTIVE To evaluate VQOL and perceptual voice outcomes following posterior cordotomy wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2168-6181
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2015.1136