SURGERY OF THE LARYNX IN BILATERAL ABDUCTOR PARALYSIS
- 12 July 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 134 (11) , 944-947
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1947.02880280020005
Abstract
In my opinion, more thought and interest has been shown in the surgical treatment of bilateral paralysis of the abductor muscles of the larynx since 1939 than in any other equivalent period in the history of medicine. The reason for this interest, I believe, is the number of successes resulting from the extralaryngeal approach to this problem. The old adage that "Nothing succeeds like success" may well be applied in this instance. When the old intralaryngeal methods were being used with their attendant failures, not many were interested in trying to cure bilateral abductor paralysis by surgical methods. But when Dr. Brien King1of Seattle, Wash., came forward with his idea of the extralaryngeal approach to this problem, many surgeons began to do some thinking on this phase of laryngeal surgery. The great obstacle in the intralaryngeal route was the formation of scar tissue. For 1 success, there wereKeywords
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