title: [Effects of two surgical techniques for vocal cord cyst].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the effectiveness of vocal cord cyst excision with electronic laryngoscope (EL) and self-retaining laryngoscope (SRM).
  
  
  METHODS
  Nightly-two patients, diagnosed as vocal cord cyst with strobolaryngoscope or electronic laryngoscope, were randomly divided into two groups. One group was 48 cases treated with electronic laryngoscope and another group was 44 cases treated with self-retaining laryngoscope. Electronic laryngoscopy examination and voice function assessments were performed to all patients, preoperatively and postoperatively at one week, three months and six months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One failed cases under SRM, difficult exposure of glottic portion, were treated under EL. The recurrence rate of the two groups was of no statistical significance in three months after operation. Voice function assessment of the two groups was of no statistical significance at one week, three months and six months after operation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The operation under electronic laryngoscope is a minimal invasive procedure to the laryngeal mucosa. Electronic laryngoscope had advantages such as clear view, accurate operation. Furthermore, it can be used for those that could not be treated under self-retaining laryngoscope.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, the 118th Hospital of PLA, Wenzhou, 325000, China. huangy_yideng@126.com
authors.forename: Yideng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Siwen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Jianfu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Zixi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Chunjuan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000601:surgery*