Benign Lesions of the Larynx
25 Benign Lesions of the Larynx Natasha Choudhury and Khalid Ghufoor Assessment Most patients with benign laryngeal disorders present with dysphonia. All patients should undergo a complete assessment, including a…
Premalignant Lesions of the Larynx
26 Premalignant Lesions of the Larynx Jahangir Ahmed and Khalid Ghufoor Exactly 43 years after Durant described the first documented case of laryngeal leukoplakia as “white cicatrices” adjacent to a…
Recent Advances in Laryngology and Laryngology Research
39 Recent Advances in Laryngology and Laryngology Research Taranjit Singh Tatla and Samit Majumdar The technological revolution witnessed toward the end of the last millennium has exploded into a new…
Acute Inflammatory and Infective Disorders of the Larynx
22 Acute Inflammatory and Infective Disorders of the Larynx Chee-Yean Eng and Muhammad Shahed Quraishi The larynx is the narrowest part of the upper airway and is situated just anterior…
Injection Medialization Procedures for the Vocal Fold
14 Injection Medialization Procedures for the Vocal Fold Paul Stimpson and Abir K. Bhattacharyya Injection medialization aims to establish vocal fold approximation to achieve airway protection and to improve the…
Spasmodic Dysphonia
21 Spasmodic Dysphonia Nupur Kapoor Nerurkar Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is a focal laryngeal dystonia that is an action-induced laryngeal movement disorder. The action that triggers the spasms in the voice…
Imaging of the Larynx
12 Imaging of the Larynx Curtis Offiah The evolution of modern imaging techniques, particularly over the past decade, has significantly improved the ability of the radiologist to visualize and assess…
Laryngeal Trauma
27 Laryngeal Trauma Guri S. Sandhu and S. A. Reza Nouraei The larynx protects the airway from aspiration, acts as the respiratory gateway to the lungs, and is the primary…
Granulomatous Diseases of the Larynx
23 Granulomatous Diseases of the Larynx Nupur Kapoor Nerurkar and Gauri Kapre Ever since Manuel Garcia devised the laryngeal mirror in 1854, physicians began to develop an interest in diagnosing…
Vocal Fold Paralysis
18 Vocal Fold Paralysis Abir K. Bhattacharyya, Paul Stimpson, and Purushotam Sen The principal function of the larynx is to protect the lower respiratory tract. In addition, the larynx facilitates…
