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Laryngeal Tissue Responses to Teflon

Laryngeal Tissue Responses to Teflon Abstract DURING THE Congress held by the German Association of Laryngologists in 1911, W. Brünings presented a series of patients suffering from unilateral recurrent laryngeal paralysis. He had injected hard paraffin (melting point 46 C) in the paralyzed vocal chords by means of a special syringe. The technical intervention presented no problems, the postoperative period was uneventful, and the functional results were very good. Despite these good clinical results, there were some disadvantages to this method which developed consequently. In fact, the injected paraffin caused a chronic foreign body reaction which ultimately resulted in a paraffinoma. Moreover, the product did not remain static and what was even more serious, resulted in embolism. Similarly, paraffin injections into the posterior pharyngeal wall for the improvement of velopharyngeal closure in instances of cleft palate proved to be of no use; the paraffin generally descended, sometimes even as far as the mediastinum. Although it References 1. Arnold, G.E.: Vocal Rehabilitation of Paralytic Dysphonia: I. Cartilage Injection Into a Paralyzed Vocal Cord , Arch Otolaryng 62:1-17, 1955.Crossref 2. Goff, W.: Laryngeal Adductor Paralysis Treated by Vocal Cord Injection of Bone Paste: A Preliminary Investigation , Trans Pacif Coast Otoophthal Soc 41:77-88, 1960. 3. Arnold, G.E.: Vocal Rehabilitation of Paralytic Dysphonia: VI. Further Studies of Intracordal Injection Materials , Arch Otolaryng 73:290-294, 1961.Crossref 4. Arnold, G.E.: Vocal Rehabilitation of Paralytic Dysphonia: IX. Technique of Intracordal Injection , Arch Otolaryng 76:358-368, 1962.Crossref 5. Lewy, R.B.: Glottic Reformation With Voice Rehabilitation in Vocal Cord Paralysis: The Injection of Teflon and Tantalum , Laryngoscope 73:547-555, 1963.Crossref 6. Kirchner, F.R.; Toledo, P.S., and Svoboda, D.J.: Studies of the Larynx After Teflon Injection , Arch Otolaryng 83:350-354, 1966.Crossref 7. Oppenheimer, B.S., et al: The Latent Period in Carcinogenesis by Plastics in Rats and Its Relation to the Presarcomatous Stage , Cancer 11:204-213, 1958.Crossref 8. Nothdurft, H.: Ueber die Sarkomauslösung durch Fremdkörperimplanatationen bei Ratten in Abhängigkeit von der Form der Implantate , Die Naturwissenschaften 42:106, 1955.Crossref 9. Scales, T.: "Biological and Mechanical Factors in Prosthetic Surgery," in Modern Trends in Surgical Material , L. Gillis (ed.), London: Butterworth & Co. Ltd., 1958. 10. Lewy, R.B.: Responses of Laryngeal Tissue to Granular Teflon in Situ , Arch Otolaryng 83:355-359, 1966.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Otolaryngology American Medical Association

Laryngeal Tissue Responses to Teflon

Boedts, D.; Roels, H.; Kluyshens, P.
Archives of Otolaryngology , Volume 86 (5) – Nov 1, 1967
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Abstract DURING THE Congress held by the German Association of Laryngologists in 1911, W. Brünings presented a series of patients suffering from unilateral recurrent laryngeal paralysis. He had injected hard paraffin (melting point 46 C) in the paralyzed vocal chords by means of a special syringe. The technical intervention presented no problems, the postoperative period was uneventful, and the functional results were very good. Despite these good clinical results, there were some disadvantages to this method which developed consequently. In fact, the injected paraffin caused a chronic foreign body reaction which ultimately resulted in a paraffinoma. Moreover, the product did not remain static and what was even more serious, resulted in embolism. Similarly, paraffin injections into the posterior pharyngeal wall for the improvement of velopharyngeal closure in instances of cleft palate proved to be of no use; the paraffin generally descended, sometimes even as far as the mediastinum. Although it References 1. Arnold, G.E.: Vocal Rehabilitation of Paralytic Dysphonia: I. Cartilage Injection Into a Paralyzed Vocal Cord , Arch Otolaryng 62:1-17, 1955.Crossref 2. Goff, W.: Laryngeal Adductor Paralysis Treated by Vocal Cord Injection of Bone Paste: A Preliminary Investigation , Trans Pacif Coast Otoophthal Soc 41:77-88, 1960. 3. Arnold, G.E.: Vocal Rehabilitation of Paralytic Dysphonia: VI. Further Studies of Intracordal Injection Materials , Arch Otolaryng 73:290-294, 1961.Crossref 4. Arnold, G.E.: Vocal Rehabilitation of Paralytic Dysphonia: IX. Technique of Intracordal Injection , Arch Otolaryng 76:358-368, 1962.Crossref 5. Lewy, R.B.: Glottic Reformation With Voice Rehabilitation in Vocal Cord Paralysis: The Injection of Teflon and Tantalum , Laryngoscope 73:547-555, 1963.Crossref 6. Kirchner, F.R.; Toledo, P.S., and Svoboda, D.J.: Studies of the Larynx After Teflon Injection , Arch Otolaryng 83:350-354, 1966.Crossref 7. Oppenheimer, B.S., et al: The Latent Period in Carcinogenesis by Plastics in Rats and Its Relation to the Presarcomatous Stage , Cancer 11:204-213, 1958.Crossref 8. Nothdurft, H.: Ueber die Sarkomauslösung durch Fremdkörperimplanatationen bei Ratten in Abhängigkeit von der Form der Implantate , Die Naturwissenschaften 42:106, 1955.Crossref 9. Scales, T.: "Biological and Mechanical Factors in Prosthetic Surgery," in Modern Trends in Surgical Material , L. Gillis (ed.), London: Butterworth & Co. Ltd., 1958. 10. Lewy, R.B.: Responses of Laryngeal Tissue to Granular Teflon in Situ , Arch Otolaryng 83:355-359, 1966.Crossref

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Published: Nov 1, 1967

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