Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics (대한후두음성언어의학회지)

The Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics. (대한후두음성언어의학회)
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Restylane Injection into the Vocal Cord of the Patient with Unilateral Vocal Cord Paralysis -A Case Report-

편측 성대마비에서 Restylane을 이용한 성대내 주입치료 1예 -증 례 보 고-

  • Park, Tae-Joon (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Institute of Logopedics & Phoniatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lim, Jae-Yol (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Institute of Logopedics & Phoniatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Seo, Hyung-Seok (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Institute of Logopedics & Phoniatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Choi, Hong-Shik (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Institute of Logopedics & Phoniatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • 박태준 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 음성언어의학연구소) ;
  • 임재열 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 음성언어의학연구소) ;
  • 서형석 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 음성언어의학연구소) ;
  • 최홍식 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 음성언어의학연구소)
  • Published : 2004.06.01
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Abstract

When a person was suffered from vocal cord paralysis or glottic insufficiency, injection materials (e.g Teflon, Bovine collagen, Autologous fat & tendon, Gelfoam) into the vocal cord have been widely used. But each injection material has some disadvantage. We introduce the Restylane which is composed of a hyaluronic acid, artificially producted. It has advantage of rate foreign body reaction, proper endurance, easy to injection. The patient was 55-year-old woman who showed left vacal cord paralysis after pneumonectomy due to aspergillosis, taken the type I thyroplasty and arytenoid adduction. The middle portion of left vocal cord has some atropic mucosal change, slight chink was noted. The restylane injection into vocal cord was done with suspension laryngoscopy under general anesthesia. In the 3 month follow-up after Restylane injection, the quality of voice has been better progressively. We report a case of Restylane injection as a new method for the improvement of quality of voice.

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