| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - During this procedure, the doctor sprays a topical anesthetic on the vocal cords, places a small flexible scope down the patient???s nose, then activates a pulsed-dye laser to treat the polyp or other growth to be removed. ???The laser destroys only the abnormal tissue, which is why the complication rate is very low,??? says Jamie A. Koufman, MD, director of the Voice Institute of New York.
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