Vocal fold injection is a procedure that has over a 100 year history but was rarely done as short as 20 years ago. A renaissance has occurred with respect to vocal fold injection due to new technologies (visualization and materials) and new injection approaches. Awake, un-sedated vocal fold injection offers many distinct advantages for the treatment of glottal insufficiency (vocal fold paralysi...

Objective. To recognize intrathoracic abnormalities, including expansion or rupture of aortic aneurysms, as a source of acute onset vocal fold immobility. Methods. A case report and review of the literature. Results. An 85-year-old female with prior history of an aortic aneurysm presented to a tertiary care facility with sudden onset hoarseness. On laryngoscopy, the left vocal fold was immobile...

The principal symptoms of unilateral vocal fold paralysis are hoarseness and difficulty in swallowing. Dyspnea is comparatively rare (Laccourreye et al., 2003). The extent to which unilateral vocal fold paralysis may lead to respiratory problems at all – in contrast to bilateral vocal fold paralysishas not yet well been determined. On the one hand, inspiration is impaired with unilateral vocal ...

The vocal fold paralysis accounts for 10% of the larynx congenital abnormality, being the second most common cause of laryngeal stridor in childhood. In case the unilateral vocal fold paralysis is considered, the main cause is left-sided iatrogenic injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve, secondary to surgery to correct the patent ductus arteriosus. In this study we reviewed the literature, rep...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The term vocal fold nodules refers to bilateral thickening of the membranous folds with minimal impairment of the vibratory properties of the mucosa. Nodules are thought to be related to repetitive mechanical stress, associated with voice use patterns. Diagnosis is typically made in the office via either rigid or flexible laryngeal stroboscopy. Depending on the individual ...

According to Hirano, Kurita and Nakashima (1983) the vocal fold structure changes continuously from earliest childhood to late adolescence. During pubert), the elastic fibers are differentiated from the deeper collagenous fibers. These changes can be assumed to affect the vocal register function. The pitches at which register transitions occurred were identified perceptually in recordings of 15...

Objectives Vocal fold medialization surgery is generally considered a phonosurgical procedure for improvement of vocal function in patients with glottic insufficiency. However, the literature describing this management dysphagia limited. This study aims to assess effects on swallowing unilateral paralysis (UVFP). Methods We enrolled 32 UVFP undergoing (medialization laryngoplasty combined aryte...

Unilateral vocal fold paralysis is now considered a common disorder seen in the practice of otolaryngology and voice pathology. Concern first is for the accurate diagnosis of the associated etiology in an efficient and thorough fashion. When etiology has been determined the focus of treatment becomes the management of the presenting symptoms, which typically include dysphonia and dysphagia. A r...