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How we do it: use of a venous cannulation needle for endoscopic Teflon injection to the vocal folds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

David Strachan ,
Basker Kamath  and
Carol Wengraf
David Strachan*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull.
Basker Kamath
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesia, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull.
Carol Wengraf
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hull Royal Infirmary, Hull.
*
Mr D. R. Strachan, Department of Otolaryngology, Seacroft Hospital, York Road, Leeds LS14 6UH.
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Abstract

Since its introduction in the 1960's the injection of Teflon into a paralysed vocal fold has become a standard treatment in laryngology. Although in recent years alternative treatments have been suggested, such as the injection of collagen or autogenous fat (Mikaelian et al., 1991), re-innervation procedures and thyroplasty (Crumley, 1990), the use of Teflon is still widespread (Rontal and Rontal, 1991; Dedo, 1992). Various instruments have been developed for the application of Teflon paste and these take the form of a gun-like syringe with a ratchet mechanism. For a number of years we have injected Teflon using a needle marketed for internal jugular vein cannulation along with a plastic 1 ml syringe thus making substantial savings to our department in terms of both time and cost.

Keywords

Vocal fold paralysisPolytetrafluoroethylene

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Short Communication
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 109 , Issue 12 , December 1995 , pp. 1184 - 1185
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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