[Voice assessment on patients with Reinke's edema of vocal fold by application of micro-suture techniques].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the vocal quality of patients with Reinke's edema before and after the endolaryngeal phonosurgery combined with micro-suture techniques.


METHODS
Twenty male patients with bilateral Reinke's edema were submitted to surgery. All patients received the endolaryngeal phonosurgery combined with micro-suture techniques on vocal fold and completed voice evaluation preoperative and postoperative 2 weeks, 3 months and 6 months. Acoustic voice parameters were compared with the control group without voice pathology.


RESULTS
The result showed that at postoperative 2 weeks, compared with the preoperative evaluation the patients' subjective sound quality improved obviously. Acoustic voice parameters improved significantly (P<0.05). At postoperative 3 months, vocal form kept well, vocal cord vibration amplitude and mucous wave seemed normal. Acoustic voice parameters had no statistical difference compared with the control group and tended to reach normal values (P>0.05). At postoperative 6 months, voice quality still remain stable, all of the analyzed parameters had no obvious difference.


CONCLUSIONS
The phonosurgery combined with micro-suture techniques treat on the Reinke's edema, vocal cord postoperative recovery time is short, the sound quality receive basic recovery after 3 months.
Jianhui
J
Liu
Lijing
L
Ma
Ping
P
Zhang
Jun
J
Wang
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007819:Laryngeal Edema / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D013536:Suture Techniques; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014833:Voice Quality