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Laser tenotomy and vocal process resection for bilateral midline vocal fold fixation
Author(s) -
Havas Thomas E.,
Priestley K. Jocelyn
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2003.02603.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tenotomy , surgery , vocal folds , resection , fixation (population genetics) , larynx , tendon , population , environmental health
Background: The present retrospective study presents the outcomes of a group of 21 patients with laryngeal obstruction caused by bilateral vocal fold fixation. All of these patients were treated by laser assisted muscle tenotomy and vocal process resection − a modification of the technique described by Michael and Eugene Rontal in 1994. 1 Methods: Between January 1997 and March 2002 the senior author performed muscle tenotomy and vocal process resection for bilateral vocal fold fixation on 21 patients. Results: The mean follow‐up time was 2.3 years. The technique was successful in achieving an adequate airway and good voice with no aspiration in every case. Conclusions: Laser assisted muscle tenotomy and vocal process resection is a proven treatment for bilateral medial vocal fold fixation with the provision of a good airway, good voice and the avoidance of aspiration.