Certain laryngeal procedures require a sedated patient who is responsive to allow for the assessment of vocalization. Dexmedetomidine as a single agent for sedation and anxiolysis for awake laryngoplasty in a patient with unilateral vocal fold paralysis is presented.

Techniques that originate in computer graphics and computer vision have found prominent applications in the medical domain. In this paper, we have seamlessly developed techniques from computer graphics and computer vision together with domain knowledge from medicine to develop an image guided surgical system for medialization laryngoplasty. The technical focus of this paper is to register the p...

A 72-year-old man presented with significantly decreased vision in his left eye for 10 days. He had received radiation therapy to the submandibular gland adenoid cystic carcinoma, and undergone autologous fat injection laryngoplasty vocal cord paralysis. Visual acuity was 20/50 eye. Fundus showed multiple, dispersed, refractile retinal arteriolar emboli whitening over paramacular region (Fig A)...

Arytenoid adduction was included in 22 of these procedures. 5 in the Gore-Tex alone group. Jectively improved when arytenoid adduction was used P. slightly higher in the arytenoid adduction group 14 vs. Or Arytenoid Adduction Combined with Medialization Laryngoplasty through Type I Gore-Tex Thyroplasty or Medialization Laryngoplasty.Thyroplasty, Arytenoid Adduction, and Injection Laryngoplasty....

Advances in high-performance computing are enabling a new generation of software tools that employ computational modeling for surgical planning. Surgical management of laryngeal paralysis is one area where such computational tools could have a significant impact. The current paper describes a comprehensive effort to develop a software tool for planning medialization laryngoplasty where a prosth...

Introduction: Unilateral vocal cord paralysis (UVCP) is not an uncommon finding. Several procedures are available to manage glottal insufficiency. We conducted a clinical trial to evaluate the outcome of fat injection laryngoplasty.   Materials and Methods: Liposuctioned lower abdomen fat was injected for augmentation of paralyzed vocal cord in 20 patients with UVCP. Autologous fat was harveste...