The efficacies of CO2 laser and conventional laryngeal microsurgery for vocal cord benign (vocal cord polyp) and precancerous (vocal cord leukoplakia) lesions were compared. Patients with bilateral vocal cord polyps (n = 60) and leukoplakia (n = 30) were divided randomly into two groups. One group was treated with throat microsurgical instruments and underwent routine lesion resection (conventi...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to evaluate the value of high resolution ultrasonography (HRUS) in diagnosis of various laryngeal lesions which already diagnosed with rigid endoscopy. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study with control group. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-six patients were suffering from throat symptoms and pre-examined by rigid endoscopy under local anesthesia and diagnosed to hav...

Introduction: The major presenting symptom of nasal polyps is nasal obstruction. The role of nasal obstruction in the genesis of laryngeal disorders is still unknown.   Materials and Methods: The aim of this study was to evaluate laryngeal videostroboscopic changes after functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS) in patients with nasal polyposis. A longitudinal study was carried out from M...

A retrospective study was conducted to determine the incidence of various types benign mucosal lesions larynx causing hoarseness and review role demographic etiological risk factors in relation larynx. Patients with presenting department Otorhinolaryngology at our tertiary-care institute, from month January 2017 June 2022 were evaluated by indirect video laryngoscopy followed direct biopsy. tot...

UNLABELLED Recent studies emphasize the importance of the clinical-histology correlation in laryngeal pathologies. OBJECTIVE To compare the ENT diagnosis with the pathology diagnosis one of 132 surgical specimens, from 119 patients with vocal nodules and polyps. METHOD Retrospective study. We investigated the paraffin blocks corresponding to the lesions of the operated patients. We made new...

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of Benign Vocal Fold Lesion (polyp, cysts, nodules) and Leukoplakia in Korea. MATERIALS AND METHODS The data from the 2008 to 2011 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, which were cross-sectional survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized population of South Korea. A survey team that included an otolaryngology re...