Versatile vocal fold implant. (Product Marketplace).The Titanium Vocal Fold vocal fold n. See vocal cord. Medializing Implant--TVFMI[TM]--offered by KURZ Medical, Inc., is designed for external vocal fold medialization. Because of its cleverly simple and precisely engineered design, the TVFMI makes the multiplicity mul·ti·plic·i·ty n. pl. mul·ti·plic·i·ties 1. The state of being various or manifold: the multiplicity of architectural styles on that street. 2. of shapes and sizes used in other available systems redundant. Only two sizes--one for men and one for women--suffice to develop the variety of adaptations required during surgery. The customized design allows secure implant placement and significantly reduces operative time. This is not only more convenient for both the patient and the surgeon, but is also critical for achieving optimal results because of reduced intralaryngeal swelling and hematoma hematoma /he·ma·to·ma/ (he?mah-to´mah) a localized collection of extravasated blood, usually clotted, in an organ, space, or tissue. . No expensive special instrumentation is necessary to perform the procedure. Local anesthesia Anesthesia, Local Definition Local or regional anesthesia involves the injection or application of an anesthetic drug to a specific area of the body, as opposed to the entire body and brain as occurs during general anesthesia. makes intraoperative speech function testing possible. Circle 127 on Reader Service Card |
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