Figure 9 - Open laryngoplasty to medialize a paralyzed vocal cord.
From the following article
Head and neck disorders affecting swallowing
Timothy M. McCulloch and Debra Jaffe
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo36
Gore-Tex thyroplasty material is placed into paraglottic space from inferior to thyroid cartilage (arrow at inferior edge of cartilage).
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