title: Medialization thyroplasty with a customized silicone implant: clinical experience.
abstract: The authors implemented medialization thyroplasty with a customized silicone implant in a total of 43 operations (36 patients) in 1999-2003. In 5 of these patients, the medialization thyroplasty was combined with cricothyroid subluxation (3 cases) or adduction of arytenoid cartilage (3 cases). One patient received medialization thyroplasty, cricothyroid subluxation and adduction of arytenoid cartilage. Postoperatively 36 patients reported substantial reduction of their complaints, 5 patients found their voice improved and only 2 patients (5.6%) stated that their voice had not changed. The subjective evaluation was consistent with the findings of laryngoscopy and the preoperative and postoperative phonation parameters (maximum phonation time, maximum sound pressure level, jitter and shimmer). Average maximum phonation time was 6.5 s before surgery and 12.5 s after surgery. Maximum vocal sound pressure level was, on average, about 4 dB higher after surgery. Jitter was reduced from 5.3 to 3.7% and shimmer from 32.3 to 18.6%. The differences between presurgical and postsurgical parameters in our study were all statistically significant, indicating voice improvement. Medialization thyroplasty with a silicone implant was proven to be a successful and safe surgical method for the treatment of vocal fold paralysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Regional Hospital Pardubice, and Institute of Medical Studies, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic. chrobok@nem.pce.cz
authors.forename: Viktor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chrobok
authors.forename: Arnost
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pellant
authors.forename: Frantisek
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sram
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fric
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Praisler
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Prymula
authors.forename: Jan G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Svec
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001193:Arytenoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D008297:Male; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000150:complications; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D061226:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D020421:Vagus Nerve Diseases / Q000150:complications; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000601:surgery*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014833:Voice Quality
chemical_list: D012826:Silicone Elastomers