Open AccessLinking Extraesophageal Gastric Reflux to Rhinosinusitis
Author(s) -
Alessa Mohammed,
Manoukian John
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
otolaryngology–head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.232
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1097-6817
pISSN - 0194-5998
DOI - 10.1016/j.otohns.2010.06.211
Subject(s) - reflux , medicine , chronic rhinosinusitis , gastroenterology , disease
injection laryngoplasty for LC-1. Mean gestational age at birth was 35.5 weeks (SD 4.0, range 27-41 weeks). Six patients had a major congenital anomaly (37.5%). Mean age at injection was 11.8 months (SD 8.9, range 2.9 to 33.5 months). 9 patients (56.3%) experienced complete resolution of penetration and aspiration based on postoperative modified barium swallow (MBS), 4 patients (25%) had improvement in symptoms, and 2 patients (12.5%) had no change in symptoms. 1 patient did not have postoperative swallowing evaluation. There were no complications. Mean duration of symptom improvement was 2.8 months (SD 1.7, range 0-6 months). Four patients went on to have definitive surgical LC-1 repair. CONCLUSION: Injection laryngoplasty was found to be safe and efficacious in this group of patients with LC-1. The majority of patients experienced complete resolution of aspiration on MBS. Further studies with a longer follow-up interval are necessary to elucidate the predictive value with regard to success of formal cleft repair.