Anesthetic Management for Laser Excision of Ball-Valving Laryngeal Masses

A 47-year-old obese woman with GERD and COPD presents for CO2-laser excision of bilateral vocal fold masses. She had a history of progressive hoarseness and difficulty in breathing. Nasopharyngeal laryngoscopy revealed large, mobile, bilateral vocal cord polyps that demonstrated dynamic occlusion of...

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Main Authors: Benjamin B. Bruins, Natasha Mirza, Ernest Gomez, Joshua H. Atkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/875053