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The role of stroboscopy in the management of a patient with a unilateral vocal fold paralysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Meredydd Lloyd Harries  and
Murray Morrison
Meredydd Lloyd Harries*
Affiliation:
The Voice Clinic, The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, London.
Murray Morrison
Affiliation:
Division of Otolaryngology. University of British Columbia, Canada.
*
Address for correspondence: Meredydd Lloyd Harries, The Voice Clinic, The Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Hospital, Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8DA.
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Abstract

Stroboscopy is well established as an essential diagnostic tool in the assessment of the vocal folds during phonation. This paper analyses the stroboscopic findings in 100 patients with a unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Reliable stroboscopic signals were only obtained in patients with the paralysed fold close to the midline. These patients seldom require surgery however, usually responding to speech therapy with laryngeal compensation giving a good voice. Most patients that require surgery have a large glottal deficiency, but in this series these patients did not give an adequate signal for analysis. Although useful in the assessment of the muscle tone of the paralysed fold, the influence of stroboscopy on the surgical treatment in this series was limited.

Keywords

Vocal fold, paralysisStroboscopy

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 2 , February 1996 , pp. 141 - 143
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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