The management of unilateral vocal cord palsy by augmentation using autologous fat.
Augmentation of the vocal cord with Teflon paste has been one of the mainstays of treatment of a unilateral vocal cord palsy. Recently the licence for Teflon in the UK has been withdrawn, creating the need for an alternative. Over the last 2 years we have been using autologous fat harvested from the abdominal wall for this purpose. Fat is more difficult to work with than Teflon and we have developed a modified injection gun in order to facilitate the injection of the fat. The technique has been used in 14 patients with improvement of the voice in eight.
Oluwole
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Department of Otolaryngology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK.
Mills
R P
RP
Davis
B C
BC
Blair
R L
RL
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016378:Tissue Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*