title: Restoration of the airway following bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis.
abstract: Bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis has been treated by a number of ingenious techniques that include arytenoidectomies, vocal cord lateralizations, cordectomies, and, recently, reinnervation procedures and laser arytenoidectomies. An arytenoidectomy is recommended by a thyrotomy approach without lateralization of the vocal cord. The resulting airway is adequate for decannulation by expansion of the posterior glottic aperture, with preservation of the anterior glottis for phonation.
mesh_terms: D001193:Arytenoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007817:Laryngeal Cartilages / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000601:surgery; D014833:Voice Quality