Laryngoplasty for the treatment of vocal cord paralysis in an amateur singer.
We have performed a medialization laryngoplasty on a schoolteacher who was also an amateur singer. Medialization laryngoplasty has been slow to gain acceptance but offers many advantages over Teflon injection because it is a reversible procedure and can be utilized early in vocal cord paralysis instead of waiting 9 months. Postoperatively, the patient can vocalize more than two octaves with good volume. Objective measurements of results is needed in judging the success of these procedures.
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Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*