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Transilluminating Obturator

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Transilluminating Obturator

return to: Laryngeal Needle Localization with Transillumination

ARD- Arytenoid Repositioning Device

Microendoscopy of Reinke's Space (MERS)

Cymetra Injection to Paralyzed Vocal Cord In the Clinic Technical Points for Percutaneous Injection

Injection laryngoplasty difficulties

see also (password protected): Laryngeal Needle Localization with Transillumination

Example of injection laryngoplasty difficulties:

 

 Video immediately below is of excised larynx; video further below is of full cadaver with transnasal flexible fiberoptic imaging of the percutaneus injection.

References:

Hoffman HT, Dailey SH, Bock JM, Thibeault SL, McCulloch TM. Transillumination for needle localization in the larynx. Laryngoscope. 2015 Oct;125(10):2341-8. doi: 10.1002/lary.25372. Epub 2015 May 28. PMID: 26019116.