Minimally invasive surgery treatment of Reinke′s edema on vocal cord
- VernacularTitle:声带Reinke′s水肿的微创外科治疗
- Author:
Yuanchun HE
;
Zhengting LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
2001;8(2):78-79
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: The clinical experience of treatment in 38 patients of Reinke′s edema by surgery of minimally invasive was reported from June 1997 to December 2000. Methods: Thirty-eight patients (25 males and 13 females, ranging in age from 46 to 67 years old) with Reinke′s edema of vocal cord were diagnosed by frequency-flash-laryngoscope and pathologic. The bilateral vocal cord stripping surgery with micro-suspension laryngoscope under general anaesthesia was completed in all 38 patients. Results: After treatment 3 months to 1 year follow-up in 33 cases, 27 cases(81.8%) had acquired good voice and only 6 cases (18.2%) had acquired lower tone voice. Conclusion: None of them had vocal cord adhesive with bilateral vocal cord mucous stripping operation which remained anterior 1/2 parts of vocal cord mucous on one side.
