Common Factors Associated with Severity of Reinke's Edema
10.3969/j.issn.1006-7299.2014.06.014
- VernacularTitle:影响声带任克水肿程度的常见因素分析
- Author:
Jinxia SHEN
;
Lisheng YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Reinke’s edema;
Vocal cord;
Smoking;
Laryngopharyngeal reflux;
Voice overuse
- From:
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology
2014;(6):609-612
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the common influencing factors on the severity of Reinke's edema of the vo-cal cord and to analyze the factors of recurrence.Methods To analyze the relationships among the degrees and smoking,voice overuse,and laryngopharyngeal reflux for 85 patients with Reinke's edema of the vocal cord,and an-alyze the risk factors of recurrence.ResuIts 84.7% of the patients were male with the mean age of 51.35 years. There were statistical differences among smoking history of more than 25 years (P<0.001),laryngopharyngeal re-flux (P<0.01),and voice overuse (P<0.01).Follow ups lasted 1 year and 7 patients showed recurrence.ConcIu-sion Reinke's edema was related to long - term smoking and common in senior male patients.The degree of Reinke's edema was positive correlation with smoking,laryngopharyngeal reflux and voice overuse.The most impor-tant factor is smoking history of more than 25 years.The longer smoking history,the more severe Reinke's edema.
