title: Laryngeal reinnervation surgery - results of a selective approach in an animal study.
abstract: Laryngeal reinnervation surgery is a difficult subject due to the fact that the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is responsible for both adductor and abductor laryngeal activity. Non-selective reinnervation procedures will result in laryngeal synkinesis with restoration of tonicity. Restoration of mobility requires selective reinnervation of the adductor and abductor branches with nerves with similar activity patterns as the initial abductor and adductor branches of the RLN.
authors.affiliation: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Dept. Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University Hospital Vrije Universiteit, Postbus 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: van Lith-Bijl
authors.forename: H F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Mahieu