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Teflon Injection for Laryngeal Paralysis 29 year followup with video - Clinical case example

last modified on: Wed, 03/06/2024 - 15:40

CT images from 2011 (29 years after teflon injection)

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Not all teflon injections have unfavorable long-term outcomes. A motor vehicle accident in 1982 with torn aortic resulted in left sided laryngeal paralysis treated with teflon injection to the left vocal cord in 1982. A good vocal result has persisted without change since then.