Abstract
Injection of steroid into the vocal cord was performed by means of the fiberoptic laryngosurgery technique under local anesthesia. In this method, injection can be done precisely and easily, because the surgeon can use both hands.
The operation was performed in 9 patients with very small nodules and 12 patients with chronic inflammatory vocal cords, all of them being resistant to conservative treatments. Satisfactory result was obtained in most of the patients. Intracordal steroid injection may serve as an effective therapy for inflammatory vocal cord diseases and very small nodules, which did not respond to conservative therapy, such as anti-inflammatory drugs, laryngeal nebulizer and voice rest therapy.
