title: Orchestrating phonosurgery.
abstract: A thyroplasty implant (prosthesis) has been designed to accomplish medialization to restore/improve the voice in unilateral vocal cord paralysis. The perioperative nurse plays an essential role in ensuring success of laryngoplasty procedures by communicating with the surgeon and planning for the timely delivery of appropriate sizers, implants, and instrumentation. The surgical team will witness the success of the thyroplasty procedure when the patient phonates as various implant sizers are applied/implanted to achieve improvement of the voice.
authors.affiliation: Kettering Medical Center, Kettering, OH, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*