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- Title
Injection medialisation laryngoplasty: an alternative approach for challenging cases.
- Authors
Gupta, T; Ali, Y; Sudan, S; Bowles, P F D
- Abstract
Objective: Conventional injection medialisation laryngoplasty techniques may be compromised by patient-specific factors such as marked kyphosis, an anteriorly positioned larynx or intolerance to nasendoscopy. This paper describes a technique for successful injection medialisation laryngoplasty where conventional methods are precluded, in an 88-year-old man with presbyphonia on a background of Parkinson's disease. Methods: After induction of general anaesthesia, a transoral introducing needle, shaped by tactile manipulation to match the curvature of a 'C-MAC' intubating video-laryngoscope 'D-blade' attachment, was introduced until visible above the glottis. The implant material was then injected into the paraglottic space as normal until satisfactory medialisation of the vocal fold was achieved. Results: When reviewed in the out-patient clinic four weeks later, the patient's post-operative Voice Handicap Index score fell to 6, from a pre-operative score of 21. Conclusion: By utilising commonly available equipment and anaesthetic support to recreate the views and access conventional nasendoscopy and laryngoscopy facilitate, this novel procedure provides a viable and proven alternative in uncommon but challenging cases.
- Subjects
VOCAL cord surgery; INJECTIONS; LARYNGOPLASTY; ANESTHETICS; KYPHOSIS; PARKINSON'S disease; ALTERNATIVE medicine; LARYNGOSCOPY; VOICE disorders
- Publication
Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 2023, Vol 137, Issue 12, p1406
- ISSN
0022-2151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0022215123000038