The Butterfly Procedure: A New Technique and Review of the Literature for Treating Anterior Laryngeal Webs
Accepted 10 March 2009. published online 22 October 2009. Corrected Proof
Summary
Congenital laryngeal webs, subglottic stenosis, and laryngeal atresia result from various degrees of failure of airway recanalization as a spectrum. The symptoms also range from asymptomatic to dysphonia and severe airway obstruction. There are a number of methods for management of symptomatic patients. In this article, we discuss a new procedure that was used in the management of two anterior laryngeal web patients with relatively acceptable results.
∗Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, Tehran, Iran
†Cancer Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran, Iran
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Mojtaba Maleki Delarestaghi, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Ear, Nose, Throat, Head and Neck Research Center, Hazrat Rasoul Akram Hospital, Niayesh Street, Satarkhan Avenue, Tehran, Iran.
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