title: The second Joseph H. Ogura Memorial Lecture. Complications of laryngeal surgery: etiology and prevention.
abstract: Conservation surgery has developed into the fine-tuned, state-of-the-art procedure during the past century. With success have come the complications of stenosis, edema, infection, granulation tissue, scarring, paralysis of the laryngeal nerves, slough, aspiration, and recurrence of tumor. Some of these problems can be prevented by solid anatomical knowledge and meticulous surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery/Head and Neck Surgery (Otolaryngology), UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1624.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control