Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility Treatment
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Bilateral medial vocal fold immobility, can be caused by various etiologies and can lead to severe dyspnea that may risk patients life. There are several surgical techniques for increasing the glottic space, prevailing transoral surgeries that remove tissue. The objective of this study is to determine the rate of resolution of inspiratory dyspnea and decanulation in patients with bilateral vocal cord immobility in adduction. In this study 17 patients diagnosed with bilateral vocal fold immobility in adduction were treated with posterior cordotomy and partial medial arytenoidectomy with transoral approach, using CO2 laser, radiofrequency or electrocautery. Eight of our patients were tracheostomized. Six of the tracheostomized patients had their tracheostomies removed (6 out of 8, 75%). Nine without tracheostomy showed improvement of inspiratory dyspnea and had no limitation on their daily lives activities. (9 out of 9, 100%). As a conclussion, we can say that transoral cordotomy and partial arytenoidectomy were very effective in improving the caliber of the upper airway, with low morbidity and no complications
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