Main description:

Although the disease is not very often, every otorhinolaryngologist will experience some patients suffering from vocal fold paralysis.

This is the first and unique book solely devoted to this topic.

Offers step-by-step descriptions and evaluations of the materials and/or methods of well-established techniques and new therapeutic options and approaches.

Written by leading experts: Blitzer is speaker of the American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS); Sulica, also a speaker of the AAO-HNS, works in his department.

Vocal Fold Paralysis is a clinically useful reference for evaluation and treatment, as well as a summary of current knowledge and investigational approaches.

Contents:

Basic Science and Clinical Evaluation.- Neuroanatomy of the Larynx.- Synkinesis and Dysfunctional Reinnervation of the Larynx.- Vocal Fold Paralysis: Causes, Outcomes, and Clinical Aspects.- Evaluation of Vocal Fold Paralysis.- Diagnostic Electromyography for Unilateral Vocal Fold Dysmotility.- Treatment.- Decision Points in the Management of Vocal Fold Paralysis.- Voice Therapy for Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis.- Injection Augmentation.- Autologous Fat for Vocal Fold Injection.- Collagen in Vocal Fold Injection.- Treatment of Glottal Insufficiency Using Micronized Human Acellular Dermis (Cymetra).- Vocal Fold Augmentation with Calcium Hydroxylapatite.- Treatment of Glottal Insufficiency Using Hyaluronan.- Principles of Medialization Laryngoplasty.- Silastic Medialization Laryngoplasty.- Medialization Thyroplasty Using the Montgomery Thyroplasty System.- Medialization Thyroplasty Using the VoCoM Vocal Cord Medialization System.- Titanium Medialization Implant.- Medialization Laryngoplasty with Gore-Tex (Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene).- Arytenoid Repositioning Surgery.- Special Topics.- Laryngeal Reinnervation.- Electrical Stimulation for Vocal Fold Paralysis.- Bilateral Medialization Laryngoplasty.- Vocal Fold Paralysis in Children.- Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility.