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Arytenoid Repositioning Surgery

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Surgical adjustment of the arytenoid cartilage is a valuable tool in the surgical armamentarium for the treatment of laryngeal paralysis. While this approach is technically more difficult and requires more operative time than a type-I thyroplasty, it is much more effective in patients with a large glottic gap and posterior glottic incompetence.

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  1. Division of Otolaryngology, Southern Illinois School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA

    Gayle E. Woodson MD (Professor)

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York

    Lucian Sulica MD (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York

    Andrew Blitzer MD, DDS (Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology and Director) (Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology and Director)

  3. NY Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders, New York, New York

    Andrew Blitzer MD, DDS (Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology and Director) (Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology and Director)

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Woodson, G.E. (2006). Arytenoid Repositioning Surgery. In: Sulica, L., Blitzer, A. (eds) Vocal Fold Paralysis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-32504-2_20

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