Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 102-109 , January 2010

Use of Lasers in Laryngeal Surgery

  • Yan Yan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
    • Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China
    • ,
  • Aleksandra E. Olszewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Matthew R. Hoffman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Peiyun Zhuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
    • Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Xiamen University Zhongshan Hospital, Xiamen, Fujian, P.R. China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Peiyun Zhuang, MD, 1300 University Avenue, 5745 Medical Sciences Center, Madison, WI 53706.
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  • Charles N. Ford

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Seth H. Dailey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
    • ,
  • Jack J. Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

,Accepted 22 September 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.09.006

Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 102-109 , January 2010

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