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Deliberate removal of incisor teeth to allow access for laryngoscopy
N Saravanappa1, V M Ward, M L Harries
1Voice Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, The Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK. saraheadneck@hotmail.com
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
|March 29, 2001
Abstract:
This paper describes a clinical situation where it was impossible to obtain a biopsy of a lesion at the anterior commissure in a patient with progressive hoarseness of voice using standard microlaryngoscopy techniques. Due to anatomical difficulties and a histological suggestion of laryngeal papillomatosis the incisor teeth were deliberately removed to allow an adequate view of the larynx and to facilitate further access.