A precision technique for suprahyoid pharyngotomy.

Zeitels, S M; Vaughan, C W; Tommey, J M · Laryngoscope · 1991

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Abstract

This technique of suprahyoid pharyngotomy is very useful for excision of selected laryngeal and pharyngeal neoplasms. By identifying and following the hyoepiglottic ligament, precise entry into the pharynx is accomplished easily and rapidly at the median glossoepiglottic fold.

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