[Preoperative evaluation in thyroplasty: the laryngeal lateral compression].
Thyroplasty type I has provided significant improvement to the treatment of patients with glottal incompetence. It is essential that patients be preoperatively evaluated using objective criteria. Laryngeal manual compression test are manipulations of the thyroid and cricoid cartilages that result in modifications of the position of the vocal folds. The most valuable laryngeal manual compression test for patients with glottal insufficiency is the lateral compression test. When this test results in a preoperative improvement in voice suggest that surgery will be successful. In this paper we present the objective evaluation of the effects of lateral compression test upon glottic incompetence by means of narrow band power spectrum analysis.
Servicio de ORL, Hospital Central de Asturias, Universidad de Oviedo.
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Núñez Batalla
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Suárez Nieto
J L
JL
Llorente Pendás
J P
JP
Rodrigo Tapia
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del Campo Rodríguez
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López Llames
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007830:Larynx / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000601:surgery*