Etiopathological Study of 100 Patients of Hoarseness of Voice: In a Rural Based Hospital

Abstract

Hoarseness of voice is one of the commonest symptoms in otolaryngological practice and it indicates diseases ranging from totally benign condition to the most malignant condition. This is a study to know the etiology, predisposing factor, and clinical profile of patients having hoarseness of voice. The study was carried out in the department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram. Patients coming to our OPD were selected. All the patients then underwent detailed history and routine investigations. Stroboscopic evaluation was done to reach to a diagnosis. A total of 100 patients having hoarseness of voice with male to female ratio 1.50:1 were analysed. Age group varied from 12 to 82 years. Largest group comprised of labourer (33 %) followed by house wives (30 %) and vocal paralysis was found in 33 % of the cases. Upper respiratory tract infection (24 %) and smoking (33 %) were found to be the common predisposing factors. Functional disorders were found in 14 % of the cases.

Diagnosis and Management of Hoarseness in Developing Country

“…This is in accordance with findings in other studies [19][20]. In this present study, smoking and alcohol were less common predisposing factors compared to other previous study [16].…”

The effects of thermal softening of double-lumen endobronchial tubes on postoperative sore throat, hoarseness and vocal cord injuries: a prospective double-blind randomized trial

“…Postoperative sore throat and hoarseness associated with tracheal intubation can be influenced by many other factors, such as gender 28 ; size, 29 cuff type, 30 and intra-cuff pressure 31 of tubes; and type 10 or duration 32 of surgery. Among these factors, sore throat may be more directly affected by the physical damage resulting from intubation itself, 7 15 17 whereas hoarseness seems to be more associated with other factors such as smoking history 33 or duration of intubation, 32 which were similar between the two groups. Therefore, thermal softening of DLTs seems to influence the incidence of postoperative sore throat but not hoarseness, which again suggests a reduction in laryngeal trauma.…”

Clinicopathological Profile Study of Hoarseness of Voice

“…Pal, et al 10 found smoking habit in 33% cases with hoarseness. This could be explained by the fact that majority of our patients are having malignant lesions as compared to Pal study whose majority patients are having benign lesions.…”