caa a22 4500 60618421X CHVBK 20210128100825.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-015-3720-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-015-3720-8 Early voice rehabilitation with injection laryngoplasty in patients with unilateral vocal cord palsy after thyroidectomy [Elektronische Daten] [Jeon Jang, Giljoon Lee, Jungmin Ahn, Young-Ik Son] Injection laryngoplasty is a safe and efficient procedure for the management of hoarseness resulting from unilateral vocal cord paralysis (VCP). However, proper timing and material of injection after the occurrence of VCP are still under discussion. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of early injection laryngoplasty with long-lasting soft tissue filler in patients with post-thyroidectomy unilateral VCP. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 59 consecutive patients who developed unilateral VCP after thyroidectomy and received ArteSense™ injection laryngoplasty. Objective and subjective voice outcomes were compared between early (within 3months) and late (after 3months) injection groups. The mean duration from thyroidectomy to injection laryngoplasty was 39.7 and 334.2days in the early and late injection groups, respectively. All of the tested objective and subjective voice parameters were significantly improved in both the early and late groups. However, the amount of voice improvement was significantly larger in the early injection group, especially jitter % (P=0.02) and shimmer% (P=0.03) improvement. Four patients showed spontaneous recovery from VCP after early injection laryngoplasty; nevertheless, their voice outcomes were excellent and there was no significant discomfort or complication. Early voice rehabilitation with injection laryngoplasty is a safe and efficient treatment in the patients with post-thyroidectomy unilateral VCP. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Thyroidectomy nationallicence Vocal cord paralysis nationallicence Injection laryngoplasty nationallicence Timing of injection nationallicence Injection material nationallicence Jang Jeon Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea aut Lee Giljoon Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-Gu, 135-710, Seoul, Korea aut Ahn Jungmin Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-Gu, 135-710, Seoul, Korea aut Son Young-Ik Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-Gu, 135-710, Seoul, Korea aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/12(2015-12-01), 3745-3750 0937-4477 272:12<3745 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-015-3720-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-015-3720-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jang Jeon Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lee Giljoon Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-Gu, 135-710, Seoul, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ahn Jungmin Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-Gu, 135-710, Seoul, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Son Young-Ik Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Irwon-dong, Gangnam-Gu, 135-710, Seoul, Korea aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/12(2015-12-01), 3745-3750 0937-4477 272:12<3745 2015 272 405