Arytenoid Adduction

Abstract

Type I thyroplasty and injection laryngoplasty are useful methods for patients suffering from breathy hoarseness due to unilateral vocal fold paralysis. These surgical methods have difficulty in correcting the level difference between bilateral vocal folds. The purpose of an arytenoid adduction is to place the arytenoid in the correct physiologic phonating position. Arytenoid adduction is effective to correct a wide vocal fold gap and is easily combined with type I thyroplasty during laryngeal framework surgery. We performed arytenoid adductions in combined with type I thyroplasties to improve phonation in the patients with a wide vocal fold gaps.