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Perioperative Considerations After Pediatric Laryngeal Surgery

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Careful perioperative management is essential to the success of laryngeal surgery. Pre- and post-operative counseling and therapy, the role of voice rest, and medications are discussed in this chapter.

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Braden, M.N., Hoffman, M.R., McMurray, J.S. (2020). Perioperative Considerations After Pediatric Laryngeal Surgery. In: McMurray, J., Hoffman, M., Braden, M. (eds) Multidisciplinary Management of Pediatric Voice and Swallowing Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26191-7_4

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