Journal of Voice
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 88-95 , March 2003

Gore-Tex Medialization Thyroplasty: Objective and Subjective Evaluation

  • Jesse Selber

      Affiliations

    • Harvard School of Public Health, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Robert Sataloff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Robert T. Sataloff, MD, DMA, 1721 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, USA
    • ,
  • Joseph Spiegel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Yolanda Heman-Ackah

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA

,Accepted 11 June 2002.

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PII: S0892-1997(03)00025-0

doi: 10.1016/S0892-1997(03)00025-0

Journal of Voice
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 88-95 , March 2003

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