Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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Case Reports
Thyroplasty under general anesthesia using a laryngeal mask airway and fibreoptic bronchoscope.
To report the management of a patient, with unilateral vocal cord paralysis, undergoing thyroplasty, under general anesthesia. ⋯ We describe the successful use of a general anesthetic for a thyroplasty, a procedure normally done under local anesthesia with or without sedation, in a patient who was keen to have surgery, but who refused local anesthesia with sedation.