BACKGROUND Medialization thyroplasty and injection laryngoplasty are widely accepted treatment options for unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Although both procedures result in similar clinical outcomes, little is known about the corresponding medical care costs. Medialization thyroplasty requires expensive operating room resources while injection laryngoplasty utilizes outpatient resources but m...

Non-syndromic hypoplasia of the epiglottis presenting without symptoms at middle age is an extremely rare entity. We report a 50 years female who presented with oral ulcers and incidentally was found to have an asymptomatic rudimentary epiglottis and thickened bilateral aryepiglottic folds forming an inverted funnel shaped supraglottis protecting the airway from any aspiration. This case demons...

We report the case of a 54-year-old woman who presented for evaluation of deterioration in her voice and swallowing function, which had begun after she had undergone a medialization laryngoplasty for unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Findings on examination and imaging revealed that a mass had developed adjacent to the Silastic implant that had been placed during the laryngoplasty. The superior ...

OBJECTIVE/HYPOTHESIS To determine whether injection laryngoplasty or medialization laryngoplasty is more effective in the treatment of unilateral vocal fold paralysis. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective study of patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis who underwent either injection or medialization laryngoplasty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences between July 29, 2003 and Marc...

Injection medialization laryngoplasty is a procedure that has many advantages in treating vocal fold paralysis; however, undesired complications can occur. We experienced a case of a pulmonary embolism, suspected in a patient who had undergone an injection laryngoplasty with calcium hydroxylapatite (CaHA). The patient suffered dyspnea after undergoing the injection laryngoplasty. Chest embolism...

OBJECTIVES This study aims to evaluate our injection laryngoplasty experience in patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis. PATIENTS AND METHODS Sixty-eight patients (32 males, 36 females; mean age 59.5 years; range 27 to 86 years) who were diagnosed with unilateral vocal fold paralysis at our clinic and who underwent injection laryngoplasty using calcium hydroxylapatite between January 2...

Objective. Autologous fat injection laryngoplasty is ineffective for some patients with iatrogenic vocal fold paralysis, and additional laryngeal framework surgery is often required. An acoustically measurable outcome predictor for lipoinjection laryngoplasty would assist phonosurgeons in formulating treatment strategies. Methods. Seventeen thyroid surgery patients with unilateral vocal fold pa...

INTRODUCTION The treatment of subglottic stenosis in children remains a challenge for the otorhinolaryngologist, and may involve both endoscopic and open surgery. OBJECTIVE To report the experience of two tertiary facilities in the treatment of acquired subglottic stenosis in children with balloon laryngoplasty, and to identify predictive factors for success of the technique and its complicat...

INTRODUCTION Injection laryngoplasty (glottis augmentation) is the preferred method in surgical management of unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP). Traditionally, these procedures are performed in the operating room. Nowadays, however, these procedures have moved into the office. AIM To evaluate the voice quality after transoral injection laryngoplasty under local anaesthesia in patients wi...