Clinical observation on application of Chinese materia medica after intralaryngeal microsurgery.
41 cases still showing various symptoms and signs after having been operated on for intralaryngeal conditions were treated with Yiqi Kaiyin Tang [symbol: see text] the vital energy replenishing and voice restoring decoction). The chief clinical manifestations were hoarseness of voice, lack of strength for speech, feeling of dryness and pain in the throat with foreign body sensation or burning sensation, and aphonia. The treatment lasted 15-60 days, resulting in cure in 19 cases, improvement in 16 cases, and no response in 6 cases, making a total effectiveness rate of 85.4%.
Jingan District Central Hospital, Shanghai.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006685:Hoarseness / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011127:Polyps / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000601:surgery
D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal