Surgical Treatment of Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility
No. of patients 69 Female 34 Male 35 Age (y) Mean ± SD 56 ± 16 Minimum 11 Maximum 83 Follow-up (mo) Mean ± SD 50 ± 44 Minimum 1…
Vocal Fold Immobility: Bilateral
Etiology Comment Paralytic etiology Traumatic Lesion of the recurrent laryngeal nerve or of the vagal nerve on both sides Iatrogenic Mainly during thyroid surgery Neurologic Myasthenia gravis, stroke, and amyotrophic…
Pulmonological Assessment
• Evaluation of the glottis at rest for tremor or paradoxical motion during quiet breathing • Evaluation for pooling of secretions • Evaluation of glottal closure pattern, vocal fold motion…
Spasmodic Dysphonia (Laryngeal Dystonia)
Fig. 8.1 Injection with laryngoscopy guidance. This approach is a direct visualization of the injection point, but is not often tolerated in dystonia patients Fig. 8.2 Percutaneous BT injection in…
Future of Neurolaryngology
Fig. 18.1 Graphical display of number of publications found per year from 1970 to 2014, with PubMed search term (“stem cells”[MeSH Terms] OR (“stem”[All Fields] AND “cells”[All Fields]) OR “stem…
Framework Surgery
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Christian Sittel and Orlando Guntinas-Lichius (eds.)Neurolaryngologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61724-4_12 12. Framework Surgery Rebecca J. Howell1 and Gregory N. Postma2 (1) Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, ML # 0528, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0528,…
Vocal Cord Immobility: Nomenclature
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Christian Sittel and Orlando Guntinas-Lichius (eds.)Neurolaryngologyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61724-4_3 3. Vocal Cord Immobility: Nomenclature Frederik G. Dikkers1 (1) Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands …
Vocal Cord Immobility: Central Origin
Fig. 6.1 Pathway of volitional phonation. The most important relay stations are the motor cortex, brainstem centers for the breathing pattern, reflex control, and the vagal nerve with its branches…
