TY - JOUR
T1 - Minifenestration type I thyroplasty using an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene implant
AU - Stasney, Charles Richard
AU - Beaver, Mary Es
AU - Rodriguez, Margarita
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Several methods have been used to treat laryngeal incompetence, but no ideal technique has been identified. This paper describes a clinical experience with minifenestration type I thyroplasty using a new device made of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE). The device, a thin ribbon of ePTFE, is inserted through a 4-mm fenestration to produce vocal fold medialization. At our center, 26 of these devices have been implanted in the past 3 years. Good or satisfactory results were achieved in 96% of cases. Advantages of this technique include easy insertion of the implant, nominal cost and biocompatibility of the ePTFE device, ready availability of all instruments required for the procedure, and elimination of the need to perform arytenoid adduction.
AB - Several methods have been used to treat laryngeal incompetence, but no ideal technique has been identified. This paper describes a clinical experience with minifenestration type I thyroplasty using a new device made of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE). The device, a thin ribbon of ePTFE, is inserted through a 4-mm fenestration to produce vocal fold medialization. At our center, 26 of these devices have been implanted in the past 3 years. Good or satisfactory results were achieved in 96% of cases. Advantages of this technique include easy insertion of the implant, nominal cost and biocompatibility of the ePTFE device, ready availability of all instruments required for the procedure, and elimination of the need to perform arytenoid adduction.
KW - Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene
KW - Laryngeal paralysis
KW - Thyroplasty
KW - Vocal fold medialization
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U2 - 10.1016/S0892-1997(01)00015-7
DO - 10.1016/S0892-1997(01)00015-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 12269631
AN - SCOPUS:0035086221
SN - 0892-1997
VL - 15
SP - 151
EP - 157
JO - Journal of Voice
JF - Journal of Voice
IS - 1
ER -