New procedures for paralytic dysphonia: adduction arytenopexy, Goretex medialization laryngoplasty, and cricothyroid subluxation.
Laryngoplastic phonosurgery has evolved to be a dominant treatment modality for paralytic dysphonia. The postoperative vocal outcome from the combined use of adduction arytenopexy, Goretex medialization laryngoplasty, and cricothyroid subluxation is such that most patients will have a normal phonation time and more than two octaves of dynamic range with minimal acoustic perturbation. With the addition of the adduction arytenopexy and cricothyroid subluxation procedures to the armamentarium of the phonosurgeon, all parameters for static reconstruction of the paralyzed vocal fold have been addressed.
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000150:complications*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene