title: Endolaryngeal extrusion of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene implant after medialization thyroplasty.
abstract: Various nonresorbable implants are currently used worldwide for medialization thyroplasty in patients with unilateral vocal cord paralysis. The Gore-Tex (expanded polytetrafluoroethylene) implant was introduced in the late 1990s. At our institution, 27 patients with unilateral laryngeal nerve paralysis had medialization thyroplasty with a Gore-Tex implant during the years 1998 to 2002. The current report documents our first case of endolaryngeal extrusion of a Gore-Tex implant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris V, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Ollivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Laccourreye
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hans
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene