Vocal Rehabilitation of Paralytic Dysphonia: VI. Further Studies of Intracordal Injection Materials

Vocal Rehabilitation of Paralytic Dysphonia: IX. Technique of Intracordal Injection

“…[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In the meantime, other authors have confirmed our experiences and suggested that further studies should be undertaken.14- 16,18 The principle of restoring the voice through narrowing a deficient glottis has been corroborated also by J. G. Waltner,20 who implanted a cartilaginous graft lateral to the cicatricial cord with good functional results. It seems to be the consensus of these opinions that intracordal injection is a suitable method for vocal rehabilitation in various conditions when the vocal disability is due to insufficient closure of the vocal cords during phonation.…”

Polydimethylsiloxane versus polytetrafluoroethylene for vocal fold medialization: Histologic evaluation in a rabbit model

“…First described by Arnold 2 in 1962, PTFE (or Teflon) is effective in treating glottic incompetence in vocal cord paralysis. [3][4][5][6][7] The chronic inflammatory reaction and fibrosis contribute to the mass effect after the injection, but on occasion this reaction may be uncontrollable and giant-cell granulomas (teflonomas) may form. 8,9 Another drawback is that the Teflon particles may migrate from the site of injection to adjacent lymph nodes and distant solid organs.…”

Vocal Rehabilitation of Paralytic Dysphonia: VIII. Phoniatric Methods of Vocal Compensation

“…Previous papers [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] have been devoted to a systematic discussion of laryngeal paralysis from the various viewpoints of anatomy, neurophysiology, pathology, laryngeal acoustics, vocal symptomatology, and the very complex interrelations among the physical, functional, emotional, and psychoauditory factors that determine the outcome of any laryngeal lesion in the individual case. It was shown that numerous details of laryngeal physiology and pathology are now known with considerable certainty.…”