[Partial posterior cordectomy with laser CO2 in bilateral recurrent paralysis].

Ann Otolaryngol Chir Cervicofac

Service d'Oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale, Université René Descartes, Hôpital Laënnec, Paris.

Published: April 1993

Thirteen patients with bilateral vocal cord abductor paralysis were treated by Carbon Dioxide Laser Posterior Cordectomy. 6 out of 7 patients were decannulated. 92% of patients recovered a physiologic respiration. Advantages of this surgical technique are discussed in comparison with Endoscopic Laser Arytenoidectomy.

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