Thornell's approach for arytenoidectomy in the surgical treatment of bilateral abductor paralysis; personal experience and results.
Surgical treatment of bilateral abductor paralysis of the vocal cords is still a question for debate, as can be seen by a review of the relevant literature. The authors describe their modification of Thornell's technique, as used in 12 cases of recurrent paralysis, and they suggest a variant to the basic method which has been proved to cause minimal trauma, is simple to carry out and has produced excellent results.
D000328:Adult; D001193:Arytenoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007817:Laryngeal Cartilages / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010699:Phonation; D012008:Recurrence; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*