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Transcutaneous Injection Laryngoplasty

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Injection Laryngoplasty

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The first injection laryngoplasty was performed in 1911 when Bruening injected paraffin into the paraglottic space to correct glottic insufficiency due to unilateral vocal fold immobility [1].

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Trebbi, M., Marchioni, D., Cavazza, E.A., Bettini, M. (2015). Transcutaneous Injection Laryngoplasty. In: Bergamini, G., Presutti, L., Molteni, G. (eds) Injection Laryngoplasty. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20143-6_7

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