Type II Thyroplasty
10.1055/b-0034-78798 Type II ThyroplastyIchiro Tateya and Shigeru Hirano Type II thyroplasty is an open procedure in which the distance between the vocal folds is increased by performing a midline thyrotomy…
OTOLARYNGOLOGY
Adduction Arytenopexy and Cricothyroid Subluxation
10.1055/b-0034-78795 Adduction Arytenopexy and Cricothyroid SubluxationSteven M. Zeitels Indications/Contraindications This procedure is performed for posterior glottic (interarytenoid) aerodynamic insufficiency from: vocal fold paralysis, especially after failed arytenoid adduction intubation-induced diastasis…
Management of Anterior Glottic Web with Keel Placement
10.1055/b-0034-78796 Management of Anterior Glottic Web with Keel PlacementCharles N. Ford The procedure treats an anterior glottic web through an open approach. A midline thyrotomy is performed to access the…
Arytenoid Abduction for Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis
10.1055/b-0034-78794 Arytenoid Abduction for Bilateral Vocal Fold ParalysisGayle Woodson The purpose of this operation is to improve the airway in those with bilateral vocal fold paralysis. Patients with bilateral laryngeal…
Transthyrohyoid Membrane Injection
10.1055/b-0034-78790 Transthyrohyoid Membrane InjectionEdward J. Damrose The transthyrohyoid membrane injection approach allows office-based percutaneous injection of the larynx in the awake patient. It affords visualization of the vocal fold with…
Point-Touch Vocal Fold Injection
10.1055/b-0034-78791 Point-Touch Vocal Fold InjectionJennifer L. Long and Gerald S. Berke The purpose of this vocal fold injection technique is to deliver a drug (e.g., Botox) or augmentation material (e.g.,…
Transcricothyroid Membrane Vocal Fold Injection
10.1055/b-0034-78788 Transcricothyroid Membrane Vocal Fold InjectionScott M. Rickert, Lesley French Childs, and Andrew Blitzer The purpose of this procedure is to deliver augmentation material or therapeutic substances to the vocal…
Transthyroid Lamina Vocal Fold Injection Laryngoplasty
10.1055/b-0034-78789 Transthyroid Lamina Vocal Fold Injection LaryngoplastyPaul F. Castellanos Transthyroid lamina vocal fold injection laryngoplasty is a procedure that provides soft-tissue augmentation to the vocal folds for treatment of glottic…
Vocal Fold Lateralization
10.1055/b-0034-78786 Vocal Fold LateralizationAlbert L. Merati This operation involves placement of a lateralization suture around the vocal fold from the laryngeal inlet to the neck external to the thyroid cartilage…
Endoscopic Arytenoidectomy
10.1055/b-0034-78787 Endoscopic ArytenoidectomyMichael S. Benninger This purpose of this procedure is to enlarge the airway of an individual with glottic stenosis secondary to bilateral vocal fold immobility. Indications/Contraindications Bilateral vocal…
