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Surgery is required in case of significant weakness of voice for permanent or temporary medialization of vocal cords.

VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS: WHAT MATTERS BETWEEN IDIOPATHIC AND NON-IDIOPATHIC CASES?

medication for hyperacidity and reflux, or surgery for swellings on the vocal cords, if necessary.

Other causes of VCP like traumatic or forceps delivery, mediastinal surgery, and ligation of patent ductus arteriosus, brainstem anomalies, and intracranial bleeding were not present in our case, and hence the diagnosis of idiopathic congenital bilateral vocal cord paresis was made.

Neonatal Stridor in Familial Congenital Laryngeal Paralysis (Plott Syndrome): A Case Study in an Omani Family

com/awards/adele-interview-on-60-minutes-with-anderson-cooper/) publication , Adele underwent throat surgery for a hemorrhaged vocal cord in 2011.

Adele Cancels Final Two Shows In London Due To Vocal Cord Damage

The Grammy-award singer has previously had to cancel concerts due to problems with her throat following vocal cord surgery in 2011.

Adele cancels remainder of world tour with damaged vocal cords

Bilateral vocal cord paralysis usually occurs as an effect of operations and reoperations of malignant thyroid gland tumors, because of the close anatomical connection [5, 6].

The quality of voice and speech before and after surgical treatment of bilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis/ Kvalitet glasa i govora pre i nakon hirurskog lecenja obostrane trajne oduzetosti povratnog grkljanskog zivca

A fibronasolaryngoscopy showed arythenoidal and vocal cord edema (ventricular bands) with incomplete left vocal cord abduction.

Paralisis unilateral de cuerda vocal como manifestacion inicial de poliangitis microscopica grave

In patients whose vocal cords are completely visible with direct laryngoscopy (Cormack-Lehane grade I), it is a standard rule that anaesthesiologists place the endotracheal tube with its proximal cuff to be positioned 2 cm below the vocal cords.

Patient-specific depth of endotracheal intubation-from anthropometry to the Touch and Read Method

A thorough clinical workup of all the patients was done (detailed history, general physical and systemic examination, complete nasal and paranasal sinuses examination, examination of ears, examination of larynx, external examination for obvious swelling, mobility of the laryngeal framework, laryngeal crepitus, tenderness, laryngeal expansion, and indirect laryngoscopy to examine posterior one-third of the tongue, valleculae, epiglottis, aryepiglottic folds, vestibular folds, vocal cords, pyriform fossae, and movements of the vocal cords).

Pattern of benign lesions of larynx

A typical pattern of laryngeal damage was seen consisting of mucosal ulcerations along the posterior medial aspects of both vocal cords and varying degrees of laryngeal edema in 77 patients (94 percent).

Changes in larynx and trachea in postintubated patients

In a post on Twitter, he said: "I am very upset to announce I have been battling to get my vocal cords better the last 10 days but unfortunately they haven't recovered and I'm going to need surgery.

Vocal cord surgery for top-selling Brit star

Smith earlier cut short a tour of Australia after doctors noticed a hemorrhage on his vocal cords following a concert in Sydney.