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 Recently the licence for Teflon in the UK has been withdrawn, creating the need for an alternative.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.
Department of Otolaryngology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK.
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Oluwole
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Mills
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Davis
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Blair
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016378:Tissue Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*