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Instructions to Patients about Vocal Cord Paralysis Treatment (Injection Laryngoplasty and Approaches Requiring Open Surgery) also relevant for Glottic Incompetence (Incomplete Vocal Cord Closure)

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Return to: Unilateral Laryngeal Paralysis or Vocal Cord Paralysis

See also: Injectable substances for injection laryngoplasty

Transoral Injection to Vocal Cord

Vocal cord paralysis treated with in-clinic transoral Restylane injection laryngoplasty

Vocal Cord Injection with Prolaryn Gel with Videostroboscopy (transoral)

Percutaneous (Through the Neck) Injection to Vocal Cord

Percutaneous Injection Laryngoplasty

OR Approach to Pushing the Paralyzed Vocal Cord Closer to the Normal Vocal Cord

Thyroplasty

  • Setup for thyroplasty (medialization laryngoplasty)
  • Type I Thyroplasty (Gore-tex) case examples
  • Intraoperative Manipulations Goretex Thyroplasty

Arytenoid Adduction with Thyroplasty

  • Case example Thyroplasty with arytenoid adduction under General Anesthesia
  • Complication from Arytenoid Adduction Combined with Medialization Laryngoplasty (Gore-tex thyroplasty)
  • Laryngology

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Iowa Head and Neck Protocols

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Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
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