title: [Clinical analysis to 36 cases of acute laryngeal damage].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To research the way to deal with the acute laryngeal damage.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data of 36 cases with acute laryngeal damage were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 36 cases, there were 10 cases who received non-surgical treatment and their phonation was normal except 2 cases who had mild hoarseness. Among 26 cases who had been performed operation. 21 had normal phonation after operation. 5 cases still had roughness of voice. There were 22 cases with normal respiration but 4 cases with larynostenosis and difficulty in decannulation. Among these 4 cases, 2 cases were decannulated respectively after 2 months and 10 years after operation. 29 cases made of 80% in all were cured and decannulated within 1 month.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acute laryngeal damage patients should be diagnosed and treated as early as possible according to the damage degree so as to recovery the laryngeal and tracheal's function and to prevent the sequelae and to increase the cure rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Sichuan Province Hospital, Chengdu 610072.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Huaifu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007830:Larynx / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014140:Tracheotomy; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*