title: Flow volume spirometry as a test for postoperative airway evaluation following arytenoidectomy.
abstract: The postoperative upper airway of nine patients who had undergone Woodman procedures for bilateral vocal cord paralysis were assessed by means of flow volume spirometry using the FIF-50 measurement expressed in percentage of normal. There appears to be a good correlation between the postoperative FIF-50 and the degree of postoperative subjective laryngeal obstruction.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001193:Arytenoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007817:Laryngeal Cartilages / Q000601:surgery*; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation; D013147:Spirometry; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000601:surgery; D014831:Voice