Treatment of Laryngeal Contact Granuloma: Surgical Therapy or Conservative Treatment.

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE: Despite the fact that there are many treatment alternatives, laryngeal contact granuloma has a high tendency of persistence, spontaneous disappearance without treatment, and recurrence. A comparison of the effects of conservative treatment and surgical therapy on laryngeal contact granuloma was made in a retrospective review. METHODS: A total of 124 patients with laryngeal contact granuloma were divided into 2 groups according to treatment simple surgical excision (n = 36) and conservative treatment (n = 84). Additionally, the reflux finding score (RFS) and the reflux symptom index (RSI) were utilized to assess the disease. RESULTS: A total of 124 patients, with a median age of 48.5 years, ranging from 9 to 74 years, were recruited (107 male, 17 female). According to the diagnostic criteria for laryngeal reflux (RSI >13 or RFS >7), there were 67 cases, accounting for 54.03% of the total. Surgery was effective in 15 patients (15/36, 41.67%), and conservative treatment was effective in 62 patients (62/84, 73.81%). The 2 groups had statistically significant differences. CONCLUSIONS: Conservative treatment, which is a comprehensive anti-reflux therapy, is better than surgical therapy and plays an important role in the treatment of laryngeal contact granuloma.