Treatment effectiveness for aging changes in the larynx.
Laryngoscope
; 127(11): 2572-2577, 2017 11.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To compare the effectiveness of injection augmentation and bilateral thyroplasty surgery in managing age-related changes of the larynx. STUDYDESIGN:
Retrospective chart review of patients treated with bilateral thyroplasty and/or injection augmentation.METHODS:
We evaluated 22 patients before and after treatment using 1) normalized glottal gap area and normalized true vocal fold width from endoscopic images; 2) patient self-rating questionnaires; and 3) acoustic and aerodynamic measures.RESULTS:
Thyroplasty surgery resulted in 38% of patients demonstrating less bowing compared to 33% after injection, and 63% demonstrated less supraglottic activity compared to 43% after injection (P = 0.09). Change in mean Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL) scores was 25.5 after thyroplasty compared to -16.4 after injection (P < 0.05). Those exhibiting a greater than 20 change in V-RQOL after treatment were significantly more likely to report swallowing symptoms pretreatment.CONCLUSION:
Patients postinjection did not rate themselves on any questionnaires as significantly better compared to pretreatment, whereas patients post-thyroplasty rated themselves as significantly improved on all questionnaires. Patients post-thyroplasty rated their voices as significantly closer to their best voice than patients postinjection. Likewise, 64% of patients who had thyroplasty surgery reported a significant treatment effect compared to 33% for injection augmentation. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4. Laryngoscope, 1272572-2577, 2017.Palabras clave
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Envejecimiento
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Enfermedades de la Laringe
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Laringe
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Laryngoscope
Asunto de la revista:
OTORRINOLARINGOLOGIA
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article