Laterofixation of the vocal cord for midline paralysis of the child larynx

Abstract

The optimum method for reducing a laryngeal obstruction in children caused by bilateral vocal cord paralysis has yet to be clarified. We used the simple method previously reported by Ejnell et al. for the laterofixation of one vocal cord in an eleven-year-old girl with bilateral midline paralysis of the larynx and obtained good results. The clinical outcome of this method in children has yet to be reported. Our findings thus suggest that this comparatively atraumatic method is useful in treating children with midline paralysis of the larynx.