laryngoplasty

English

Etymology

From laryngo- +‎ -plasty.

Noun

laryngoplasty (plural laryngoplasties)

1. (surgery) surgical repair of the larynx
   • 2016 January 6, “Regeneration of Vocal Fold Mucosa Using Tissue-Engineered Structures with Oral Mucosal Cells”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     To date, several approaches have been used to address scarring of the vocal folds, including medialization laryngoplasty procedures [3 –6 ], mucosa grafting [7 ], the use of angiolytic lasers [8 ], and tissue engineering [9 –11 ] involving cell delivery, growth factors, and pharmacological agents.

Derived terms

• chondrolaryngoplasty

Translations

Translations

• Italian: laringoplastica (it)