Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Dissection
- 1 February 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Speech Language Hearing Association in Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
- Vol. 45 (1) , 112-118
- https://doi.org/10.1044/jshd.4501.112
Abstract
This case study describes successful management of spastic dysphonia using a procedure whereby the right recurrent laryngeal nerve was severed. Thirteen months following the surgical treatment, the subject reported a return of the preoperative vocal characteristics of spastic dysphonia. Tests and inspection revealed that the right recurrent nerve was again intact and the right vocal fold was functional. A second surgical procedure was performed, modified to prevent neural reconnection, with a return of the improved voice observed following the initial surgery. The results are discussed in terms of etiological considerations of spastic dysphonia.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Neuro-Psychiatric Aspects of Spastic DysphoniaFolia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 1965