Abstract:It is well established that after cordectomy or radiation therapy for early glottic carcinomas varying disturbances of the voice occur. This has led some clinicians to consider the need for surgical reconstruction of the vocal fold. Since functional results desired have still not been achieved, vocal fold reconstruction was performed using a combination of the muscular flap described by Pogosov and the free mucosal transplant reported by Isshiki. This surgical approach has now been performed on 11 cases with e… Show more
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