Laryngoplasty for the treatment of vocal cord paralysis in an amateur singer

Journal/Book: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992; 118: 209-10.

Abstract: We have performed a medialization laryngoplasty on a schoolteacher who was also an amateur singer. Medialization laryngoplasty has been slow to gain acceptance but offers many advantages over Teflon injection because it is a reversible procedure and can be utilized early in vocal cord paralysis instead of waiting 9 months. Postoperatively, the patient can vocalize more than two octaves with good volume. Objective measurements of results is needed in judging the success of these procedures.

Note: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Md.

Keyword(s): Implants, Artificial|. Larynx|SU. Vocal Cord Paralysis|SU

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