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ankylosis

Fusion of the bones at a joint, either by overgrowth of bony tissue or by shortening of fibrous tissue. It generally occurs as a result of chronic inflammation.



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The absence of true ankylosis permits surgery for arytenoid mobilization and VC medialization, but with protracted paralysis, muscular atrophy and fibrosis may be limiting factors to medialization.
 
 
 
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