General anaesthesia for thyroplasty.
A new anaesthetic technique is described for thyroplasty. Thyroplasty was performed to restore the voice in unilateral vocal cord paralysis. After skin incision and dissection down to the larynx, a window was cut in the thyroid ala and a silastic wedge used to displace the vocal cord medially. The required size of this wedge was determined by pre-operative computerized tomography scanning of the larynx. At this point the patient had to be awake and cooperative to allow repeated phonation to facilitate correct displacement of the vocal cord.
Griffin
M
M
Department of Anaesthesia, Mater Misercordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Russell
J
J
Chambers
F
F
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D015742:Propofol; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*
D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D015742:Propofol