Microlaryngoscopic surgery, which enables the observation of the microscopically magnified vocal fold while operating by maintaining the vocal fold in a resting state under general anesthesia, is the most common method of phonosurgery. It has a wide range of applications from phonosurgery for vocal fold membranous lesions including vocal fold polyps, vocal fold nodules, and Reinke’s edema of the vocal fold to phonosurgery for diseases such as unilateral vocal fold paralysis and spasmodic dysphonia. It is therefore considered one of the most useful treatment methods currently available.We herein introduce the standard method of microlaryngoscopic surgery carried out at Osaka Voice Center, in terms of basic surgical methods along with surgical procedures for specific indications.
