OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy and clinical usefulness of laryngeal electromyography (EMG) in the evaluation and management of vocal cord mobility problems in children; and to determine the ability of laryngeal EMG to differentiate vocal fold fixation versus paralysis. STUDY DESIGN Case-series review of 8 children with vocal cord immobility who underwent laryngeal EMG. METHODS Eight ch...

Impacted foreign bodies in the esophagus can result in respiratory symptoms including stridor and aphonia. Several mechanisms have been proposed to explain these symptoms, but the possibility of vocal cord paralysis and its cause has not been adequately emphasized. Two cases of young children with esophageal foreign body are described; both presented with respiratory symptoms, 1 with aphonia an...

Although vocal cord paralysis (VCP) following thyroidectomy is primarily associated with surgical trauma, it is not the sole etiology. Vocal cord paralysis following thyroidectomy can be caused by a vocal cord hematoma with an incidence of 1.4% due to direct injury during orotracheal intubation. In this article, we present a case of VCP caused by vocal cord hematoma. A 32-year-old male patient ...

Abstract Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the pandemic of COVID-19 infection in March 2020, most cases presented with mild symptoms, and a significant number showed variable neurological pictures. Vocal cord paralysis no clear cause is termed as idiopathic vocal supposed to be caused by viral infection. This case series study; data were collected prospectively from pa...

Bilateral vocal cord paralysis is a serious illness requiring emergency intervention to resolve the potentially life-threatening respiratory distress. Several surgical procedures were proposed to help improve the airway and to eliminate the tracheostoma in those patients with permanent paralysis. All the procedures have their own advantages and disadvantages. We conducted a retrospective study ...

BACKGROUND Preoperative vocal cord paralysis is a risk factor for postoperative respiratory distress following extubation after general anesthesia. We present an unusual case where a geriatric patient developed airway obstruction after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy. CASE PRESENTATION A 67-year-old male, who had suffered from left vocal cord paralysis of unknown etiology, was sched...

OBJECTIVES We investigated the long-term results of autologous fat injections for unilateral vocal cord paralysis and laryngofissure and cordectomy defects. PATIENTS AND METHODS We evaluated the efficacy of autologous fat injections in 21 patients (16 males, 5 females; mean age 57 years; range 24 to 72 years) with unilateral vocal cord paralysis (n=11) and cordectomy defects (n=10) in the lig...