Endoscopic Anterior Glottic Web Formation for Voice Feminization

Web formation: Suturing of Stripped Vocal Folds

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This segment shows how to stitch the damaged vocal folds by placing the knot below the vocal folds. Additionally, it advises on possible side effects as well as on the optimal technique, discusses airway obstruction, and summarizes the contents of the whole video.

Keywords

  • vocal fold suturing
  • reverse cutting needle
  • laryngoscope
  • microlaryngoscopy
  • Botox injection
  • permanent voice feminization

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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About this video

Author(s)
Taner Yilmaz
First online
10 April 2019
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19118-4_3
Online ISBN
978-3-030-19118-4
Publisher
Springer, Cham
Copyright information
© The Author(s) 2019