THE MANAGEMENT OF UNILATERAL VOCAL CORD PALSY BY AUGMENTATION USING AUTOLOGOUS FAT

Authors
OLUWOLE M MILLS RP DAVIS BC BLAIR RL
Citation
M. Oluwole et al., THE MANAGEMENT OF UNILATERAL VOCAL CORD PALSY BY AUGMENTATION USING AUTOLOGOUS FAT, Clinical otolaryngology and allied sciences, 21(4), 1996, pp. 357-359
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Clinical otolaryngology and allied sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
03077772
Volume
21
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
357 - 359
Database
ISI
SICI code
0307-7772(1996)21:4<357:TMOUVC>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Augmentation of the vocal cord with Teflon paste has been one of the m ainstays of treatment of a unilateral vocal cord palsy. Recently the l icence for Teflon in the UK has been withdrawn, creating the need for an alternative. Over the last 2 years we have been using autologous fa t harvested from the abdominal wall for this purpose. Fat is more diff icult to work with than Teflon and we have developed a modified inject ion gun in order to facilitate the injection of the fat. The technique has been used in 14 patients with improvement of the voice in eight.