Abstract
By conventional surgical methods for treating Reinke's edema, it was impossible to predict what sort of voice the patient would have after the operation. However, every individual has an expectation in regard to what sort of voice one would like to have postoperatively, so with this in mind we studied surgical methods. It was possible for both male and female patients to acquire the anticipated postoperative voice based on the amount of mucous membrane excised from the superior lateral region of the vocal folds, and the amount of contents excised from Reinke's space.
