Abstract
The results of functional surgery in unilateral recurrent laryngeal paralysis were evaluated in thirty- seven cases in our clinic. Our surgical technique and cases are as follows: an intracordal injection through the percutaneous area in fourteen patients, and type I thyroplasty in eighteen patients. As a result, the maximum phonation time (MPT) and air flow rate (AFR) both improved in a similar fashion after both procedures except for two cases. The reason for the treatment failure in these two cases was due to the fact that one case had senile dementia while the other case had inadequate phonation with congenital unilateral vocal cord paralysis. The results regarding voice quality were more satisfactory than for other treatments. these findings suggest that our indications and treatment methods were both satisfactory.
