GORE-TEX® Medialization Laryngoplasty

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1 Electronic Supplementary Materials

Endoscopic view of Marchal dilator passed through thyroid cartilage to determine optimal thyroplasty window position (MP4 16535 kb)

Beaver blade is used to incise non-ossified thyroid cartilage with a duckbill elevator to safely create thryoplasty window (MP4 140143 kb)

Ginger spatula rasp is used to guide Gore-Tex™ strip through thyroplasty window in the specific direction needed to optimize vocal fold position/size (inferior and posterior most common) (MP4 113722 kb)

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Rosen, C.A., Simpson, C.B., Postma, G.N. (2024). GORE-TEX® Medialization Laryngoplasty. In: Operative Techniques in Laryngology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34354-4_46

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