Minimally invasive endoscopic surgery with intralesional corticosteroid injection and laser reduction is an effective method of controlling laryngeal sarcoid. It improves symptoms immediately with minimal morbidity and, most importantly, reduces the need for systemic steroid administration in most patients. This study supports early recognition and endoscopic intervention in the management of laryngeal sarcoidosis.
Management strategies and surgical techniques continue to evolve for SSCDS. We currently offer transmastoid resurfacing having informed patients of a 25% possibility of incomplete symptom resolution, and explain that plugging can be performed as a "second stage," if necessary. However, as we accrue more experience and there is more evidence from the literature we are considering whether to offer transmastoid plugging as our primary surgical procedure. In our experience, patients with multiple vestibular pathologies or atypical vestibular symptoms are the ones for whom SSCD surgery has not been curative, although they do report improvement in their SSCD symptoms.
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