Abstract
In this paper, we reported the clinical statistics of 1544 patients who have undergone microlaryngeal surgery in the National Defense Medical College hospital since 1979, when the hospital was established.
They ranged widely in age from 4 to 89. The number of male patients was 935 (60.6%). That of females was 609 (39.4%). When they were divided by ten year groups, the biggest group consisted of those in 50's.
The most common disease was vocal fold polyp (672 cases, 43.5%). The second was laryngeal cancer (256 cases, 16.6%). The third was Reinke's edema (158 cases, 10.2%). We performed microlaryngeal surgery with a laser instrument in 386 cases (25.0%). The most common diseases were laryngeal papilloma, laryngeal cancer, and hyperkeratosis of the larynx.
