title: Special instruments for laryngeal framework surgery.
abstract: Thyroplasties involve a variety of delicate surgical techniques that affect the outcome decisively. In particular, opening a window in the thyroid cartilage, undermining around the window frame and fixation of a window plug in thyroplasty, and passing a suture through the muscular process and thyroid ala are some examples of difficult procedures. Several instruments were devised to facilitate such procedures. They include a special raspatory, an ultrasonic osteotome for cartilage cutting, a narrow polyvinyl tube for suture passing, a suture holder for passing through the muscular process, and a wound retractor for arytenoid adduction. These were found useful in minimizing soft tissue damage and in precise performance of the procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Isshiki
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sawada
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000601:surgery*; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments