title: Hypopharyngeal extrusion of 2.5 feet (76 cm) of polytetrafluoroethylene (Gore-Tex): initial laser-assisted office-based removal and micropharyngeal completion.
authors.affiliation: Center for Laryngeal Surgery and Voice Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital, One Bowdoin Square, 11th Floor, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feinberg
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lopez-Guerra
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Zeitels
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000556:Ambulatory Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D056144:Pyriform Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene