JOURNAL OF JAPAN SOCIETY FOR HEAD AND NECK SURGERY
Online ISSN : 1884-474X
Print ISSN : 1349-581X
ISSN-L : 1349-581X
The Present Condition and Future of the Phonosurgery
-Endoscopical Approach-
Hiroyuki Fukuda
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2001 Volume 11 Issue 2 Pages 79-82

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The main purpose of the phonosurgery is to restore the normal voice. For the phonosurgical techniques, the laryngomicrosurgery and thyroplasty have been well established and are clinically employed all over the world. Here in this paper, the present condition of the laryngomicrosurgery is explained and discussed from the viewpoint of technical problem. The author emphasized that the laryngomicrosurgery is very useful to remove unnecessary mass like the vocal polyp. Hewever this technique is impotent to treat defective vocal folds and scar formation.
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