The Evaluation of Hoarseness And Its Treatment

Background and objectives: Hoarseness is defined as roughness of voice resulting from variations of periodicity or intensity of consecutive sound waves. Hoarseness is a symptom not a disease. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in the department of Otorhinolaryngology, IQ City Medical College and Narayana Multispeciality Hospital, Durgapur, India between August 2015 to February 2017. Results: Total 170 cases were studied. Average age group was found to be between 21 –50 years. The number of female patients were 105(61.76%) and male 65(38.24. %). The chronic non specific laryngitis were 60(35.29%), acute laryngitis 45(26.47%), vocal nodule 21(12.35%), vocal polyp 18(10.59%), reinke’s edema 10(5.88%), contact ulcer 8(4.71), vocal cord palsy 5(2.94%) and vocal cord carcinoma 3(1.76%). Out of 170 cases, 35 were selected for Micro laryngeal surgery, those were vocal nodules 18(51.43%), vocal polyp12 (34.29%) and reinke’s edema were 5(14.29%).Postoperatively, 2(5.71%) patients had persistent of the symptoms and 3 (8.57%) patients had recurrent during the 4 months of follow-up period. Conclusion: Hoarseness is a common symptom of laryngeal dysfunction. The micro laryngeal surgery is a minimally invasive procedure used to correct voice disorder or other problems affecting the larynx. Keyword: Hoarseness, laryngitis, vocal nodule, vocal polyp, micro laryngeal surgery.