arytenoidectomy

[ar″ĭ-tĕ-noi-dek´to-me]

excision of an arytenoid cartilage.

ar·y·te·noi·dec·to·my

(ar'ĭ-tē-noy-dek'tō-mē),

Excision of an arytenoid cartilage, usually in bilateral vocal fold paralysis, to improve breathing.

[arytenoid + G. ektomē, excision]

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arytenoidectomy

(ăr′ĭ-tē′noi-dĕk′tə-mē, ə-rĭt′n-oi-)

The surgical excision of an arytenoid cartilage.

ar·y·te·noi·dec·to·my

(ar'i-tē-noy-dek'tŏ-mē)

Excision of an arytenoid cartilage, usually in bilateral vocal fold paralysis, to improve breathing.

[arytenoid + G. ektomē, excision]

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Although the patient consented to a total laryngectomy to prevent aspiration, before carrying out a major and irreversible surgery our senior head and neck oncologist decided to perform a one sided arytenoidectomy which was a surgical dilemma for a patient with SCPL.

UNILATERAL ARYTENOIDECTOMY FOR INTRACTABLE ASPIRATION FOLLOWING SUPRACRICOID LARYNGECTOMY: A CASE OF SURGICAL DILEMMA/BIR CERRAHI CELISKI: SUPRAKRIKOID LARENJEKTOMI SONRASI TEDAVIYE DIRENCLI ASPIRASYONUN TEDAVISINDE TEK TARAFLI ARITENOIDEKTOMI

Endoscopic laser arytenoidectomy for the treatment of bilateral vocal cord paralysis.

Arytenoid release procedure plus exo-endolaryngeal suture lateralization with precise suture placement

He underwent laryngeal dilation and a right arytenoidectomy. Preoperatively, the patient had been advised of the risk that his dysphagia and aspiration might worsen.

Novel injection technique into the interarytenoid area to treat dysphagia

(5) Reports of laryngofisssure with arytenoidectomy with lateralization of the vibratory portion of the vocal cord with stainless steel suture creating glottic airway of 4-6mm at its posterior aspect are also documented.

Management of bilateral abductor palsy: a case series

Video-assisted left partial arytenoidectomy by diode laser photoablation for treatment of canine laryngeal paralysis.

Endoscopic approach for a laryngeal neoplasm in a dog/Abordagem endoscopica de neoplasia em laringe em um cao

In such condition the treatment options available are trans-oral carbon dioxide (CO ) laser 2 endoscopic arytenoidectomy, endoscopic laser cordotomy, extra laryngeal arytenoidectomy, arytenoids lateralization and posterior cricoarytenoid muscle reinnervation.

PATTERN OF CAUSES AND MANAGEMENT OF PERMANENT LOSS OF VOICE STUDIED AT A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL

Other modalities of treatment have been described and include chemical splinting using botulinum toxin, (9) arytenoidectomy (17) and cricoarytenoid arthrodesis.

Arytenoid subluxation after a difficult intubation treated successfully with voice therapy

Posterior cordectomy and subtotal arytenoidectomy for the treatment of bilateral vocal fold immobility: Functional results.

Revised thyroplasty: The importance of inner perichondrium dissection

From 2006, we started doing endoscopic arytenoidectomy following "Cumming's otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery"

Bilateral abductor paralysis vocal cord lateralisation vs endoscopic arytenoidectomy--our study

Her vocal fold paralysis had been treated with arytenoidectomy and a vocal fold medialization procedure more than 10 years earlier.

Proton pump inhibitor suppression of calcium absorption presenting as respiratory distress in a patient with bilateral laryngeal paralysis and hypocalcemia