Difficulty in tracheal extubation due to vocal cord edema - IJCA- Print ISSN No: 2394-4781 Online No:- 2394-4994 Article DOI 10.18231/j.ijca.2023.023, Indian Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia-Indian J Clin Anaesth

Two women developed stridor immediately after thyroidectomy as a result of paradoxical vocal cord motion. In both cases the cord function showed a normal pattern during vocalisation but paradoxical movement was seen at laryngoscopy during tidal breathing. The abnormality improved in both patients over time with speech therapy. Whilst the syndrome of paradoxical vocal cord motion is classically ...

Mycosis fungoides is the most common type of cutaneous malignant T cell lymphoma which primarily affects skin. However, extracutaneous manifestation may occur in advanced stages, mostly observed in postmortem studies. We present a case of mycosis fungoides that disseminated to the true vocal cord of a 48-year-old African American man who presented with hoarseness. Only two cases that have also ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the incidence of postoperative vocal cord paresis or paralysis in a cohort of patients who underwent thyroidectomy with and without continuous recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) monitoring by a single senior surgeon. We hypothesize that continuous RLN monitoring reduces the rate of nerve injury during thyroidectomy DESIGN Retrospective medical chart review. SETTING Academi...

The human vocal cord is treated as an elastic material capable of propagating compressional, shear, and surface waves. A mathematical formulation for commonly observed vibrational modes is developed. This includes horizontal as well as vertical tissue displacements. Current vocal cord models are discussed and evaluated in terms of their ability to describe adequately the vibrational degrees of ...

We report a case of cricoid cartilage fracture with unilateral arytenoid dislocation following a motorcycle accident. This 25 year old male sustained blunt injury to the head, face and neck. He presented late to the hospital with one week history of dysphonia. Laryngoscopy revealed cadaveric position of the non-functioning left vocal cord. CT and MRI showed laterally displaced left vocal cord. ...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether nerve integrity monitor testing during thyroidectomy predicts recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) function after surgery. DESIGN Prospective cohort outcomes study PATIENTS The study included 210 consecutive patients with thyroid abnormalities who underwent thyroidectomy. METHODS All patients were intraoperatively monitored with a nerve integrity monitoring syste...

Reinke's Space Oedema is characterized by a subepithelial collection of fluid and pseudo-myxomatous tissue within the lamina propria superficialis of the vocal cord. We have observed, in a number of cases, the phenomenon of bilobular and/or centrally located Reinke's Space Oedema. Bilobular oedema occurs when the sub-epithelial oedema is organised as a double bulge of the vocal cord in the supe...