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Vocal Fold Paralysis After Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion†

  1. James F. Morpeth MD1,*,
  2. Mark F. Williams MD2

Article first published online: 2 JAN 2009

DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200001000-00009

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The Laryngoscope

The Laryngoscope

Volume 110, Issue 1, pages 43–46, January 2000

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Morpeth, J. F. and Williams, M. F. (2000), Vocal Fold Paralysis After Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion. The Laryngoscope, 110: 43–46. doi: 10.1097/00005537-200001000-00009

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  1. 1

    Medical College of Georgia, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, Augusta, Georgia

  2. 2

    Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Baltimore, Maryland.

*James F. Morpeth, MD, Medical College of Georgia, Division of Otolaryngology, BP4109, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912, U.S.A.

  1. †

    Presented at the Meeting of the Southern Section of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, January 16, 1999.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 2 JAN 2009
  2. Article first published online: 2 JAN 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 11 DEC 1999

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