A neurological disorder, such as brainstem compression by an Arnold-Chiari malformation, should be considered when acquired vocal cord paralysis is evaluated among pediatric patients. Brain tumors have rarely caused vocal cord paralysis.48 The treatment of vocal cord paralysis is primarily supportive. ...
There were no significant differences between the cancer-related and benign groups in terms of the speech and swallowing rehabilitation outcome and the peri-operative complication rate (p > 0.05). The median survival time of cancer-related UVFP patients from the date of medialization to death was ...
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Conventional cordectomy by means of a laryngofissure is one of the therapeutic options for treatment of early glottic cancer. To improve the poor voice quality related to this kind of operation, many authors have developed different techniques to repair the mucosal defect. We analyzed voice ...
I had vocal cord damage in 1968 after thyroid cancer. After an unrelated surgery I new immediately that more damage had been done to vocal cords. After a bad fall on black ice in 2013, with brain trauma, more damage was done. For fourteen months I have had very little voice and aspirat...
Given the plethora of underlying etiologies, other features of the clinical history may indicate the cause. It is important to ensure the patient has no major red flags for head and neck cancer such as odynophagia, cervical lymphadenopathy, night sweats, referred otalgia, weight loss, and hemopt...
One patient was diagnosed with breast cancer and widespread metastases 10 months after initial investigation. An extensive protocol for investigation of VFP is indicated. In our opinion, a protocol should include US, CT or MRI scanning of brainstem, neck and mediastinum. Our material is too ...
Vocal cord paralysis is a common cause of respiratory and feeding problems in the pediatric population. While the causes of vocal cord paralysis are multip
Lese's voice was stressed from more than 30 years of teaching. When she had chemotherapy in 2003 for breast cancer, fatigue caused the strain on her voice to come to the forefront.An examination at Washington Hospital Center in Northwest revealed the Silver Spring woman had swelling, irritation...
TC, thyroid cartilage; CC, cricoid cartilage; AC, arytenoid cartilage; VC, vocal cord; TA, thyroarytenoid muscle; LCA, lateral cricoarytenoid muscle; CT, cricothyroid muscle; RLN, recurrent laryngeal nerve; eSLN, external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. Both laryngeal electromyography...