• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.812-816
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• 1985

In the past several years the popularity of the motor cycle has produced an increasing incidence of the injuries to the larynx and trachea. Most of all on accidents come to death and survivors to the hospital are rare. Early diagnosis and to keep air way are necessary to initiate proper treatment in injury of upper air way. Meticulous apposition of mucous membrane and reconstitution of laryngeal skeleton are important. We experienced a rare case of 26 year old men with cricothyroidal transection after trauma. On Oct. 17, 1985, the patient struck his neck on baggage frame of truck when dropping from his motor cycle on sudden stop. Emergency tracheal intubation on distal segment of trachea was accomplished by otolaryngologist in a local clinic. He was transferred to our hospital. Exploration 2 hours later revealed complete separation of cricoid cartilage from thyroid cartilage. The recurrent laryngeal nerve could not be identified. Anastomosis of thyroid and cricoid was accomplished and Portex endotracheal tube was inserted as splint for 10 days. No stenosis developed. The air way appeared adequate for moderate physical activity though paramedian fixation of vocal cord paralysis. Postoperative follow-up course has been good after he discharged on POD 14 days.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2017

Voice disorder is classified into three categories, structural, neurogenic and functional dysphonia. Neurogenic dysphonia refers to a disruption in the nerves controlling the larynx. Common examples of this include complete or partial vocal cord paralysis, spasmodic dysphonia. Also it occurs as part of an underlying neurologic condition such as Parkinson's disease, myasthenia gravis, Lou Gehrig's disease or disorder of the central nervous system that causes involuntary movement of the vocal folds during voice production. Functional dysphonia is a voice disorder in the absence of structual or neurogenic laryngeal characteristics. A near consensus exist that Muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) is functional voice disorder wherein hyperfunctional laryngeal muscle activity whereas Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) is neurogenic, action-induced focal laryngeal dystonia including several subtype. Both Adductor type spasmodic dysphonia (AdSD) and MTD may be associated with excessive supraglottic contraction and compensation, resulting in a strained voice quality with spastic voice breaks. It makes these two disorders extremely difficult to differentiate based on clinical interpretation alone. Because treatment for AdSD and MTD are quite different, correct diagnosis is important. Clinician should be aware of the specific vocal characteristics of each disease to improve therapeutic outcome.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.172-178
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• 2022

Background and Objectives Injection laryngoplasty is a common method for treatment of unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Unilateral vocal fold paralysis has various causes, including idiopathic, infection, stroke, neurologic condition, surgery and nerve invasion by cancer. To the knowledge of the authors, there was no study on the relationship between the causes of vocal cord paralysis and the outcome of injection laryngoplasty. Therefore, we tried to investigate the difference in the outcomes of injection laryngoplasty between vocal cord paralysis after surgery group and nerve invasion by cancer group. Materials and Method A retrospective analysis was performed for 24 patients who underwent vocal cord injection due to unilateral vocal cord paralysis caused by surgery or nerve invasion by cancer. The objective quality of the voice was assessed by acoustic voice analysis with the Multi-Dimensional Voice Program. Results Both group showed an improvement of fundamental frequemcy (F0), jitter percent, shimmer (percent), and noise to hearmonic ratio (NHR) after injection laryngoplasty. The vocal cord paralysis due to nerve invasion group showed more improvement in both the mean and median value of F0, shimmer percent and NHR than the vocal cord paralysis due to surgery group, but there was not statistically significant. Conclusion Our study did not show a statistically significant difference in outcome between vocal cord paralysis due to cancer invasion group and surgery group, but statistically tendency was suggested. The vocal cord paralysis due to nerve invasion group showed more improvement in both the mean and median value of acoustic voice analysis than surgery group.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2004

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.

• 대한기관식도과학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.59-63
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• 1998

Background： Unilateral vocal cord paralysis(UVCP) by recurrent laryngeal nerve injury is one of the common laryngological diseases. Objectives : We attempted to study the clinical feature and the causes of UVCP and also tried to investigate what is to be the initial approach for determining the causes of unknown-origin UVCP Materials and methods The charts of 82 patients with the diagnosis of UVCP were reviewed. The records were analyzed for patient's gender and age, the status of paralysed vocal cord, the crucial tests for the diagnosis, and the etiologies. Results : forty-nine(59.8%) male and 33(40.2%) female patients were included in this study. The age group of sixth decade was most commonly involved. Most of the cases showed paramedian position of palsy, and the left side(59.8%) was more frequently attacked. The most common cause of UVCP in this series was the unknown origin, followed by the surgical trauma and neoplasms. The etiologies of the six(12.5%) unknown-cause cases were found with the further evaluation, with the most useful test being a CT scan. Conclusion： Chest X-ray, esophagography, and CT scan should be included in the mandatory initial investigation of patients with unknown-origin UVCP

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1977년도 제11차 학술대회연제 순서 및 초록
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• pp.6.2-7
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• 1977

사성은 후두의 정상 발성기능이 장애되있을때 생기며, 후두질환의 가장 중요하고 특유한 증상이다. 1885년 Morgagni가 최초로 후두암에 대해서 보고한 이래 최근 후두암에 대한 인식이 높아짐과 동시에 사회적으로 날로 심각한 문제가 되고 있는 공해 특히 대기오염으로 인한 기도증상으로 야기되는 후두질환증후인 사성을 호소하는 환자들이 증가되고 있는지 연구 고찰함이 의의가 있다고 생각되어, 저자들은 1970년 1월부터 1976년 12월까지 만 7년간 한일병원 이비인후과 외래에 사성을 주소로 내원한 400명의 환자에 대한 임상적 고찰을 하여 다음 몇가지 지견을 얻었기에 문헌적 고찰을 가하여 보고하는 바이다. 1. 이비인후과 신 외래환자 총 14,731명중 사성 환자가 400명으로 약 2.7%이였다. 2. 성별로는 남여비가 211 : 189로 약 1.1 : 1로써 남子가 약간 많았다. 3. 질환별로는 급성후두염 158례(39.5%). 만성후두염 103례(27.3%), 성대결절 37례(9.3%), 성대마비 34례(8.5%), 성대 polyp 32례(8%), 후두질 13례(3.25%), 후두결핵 9례(2.25%)의 순이었다. 4. 연령별로는 30세대가 113례(28.23%)로 가장 많았고 다음으로 40대, 20대, 순이였으며, 10대, 20대, 60대 이상은 비교적 저율이였다. 5. 성별질환분포는 후두암이 12 : 1, 후두polyp 27 : 5, 후두유두종 4 : 1로 남성에서 압도적으로 많았으며, 그 외질환은 남여 비슷한 율을 보였다. 6. 연령별질환분포는 50세대까지는 급만성후두염이 가장 많았고 30대에선 후두 polyp, 30대 및 40대에선 성대결절, 40대 및 50대에선 후두결핵과 성대미비, 50 대에서는 후두암이 최고율이였다. 7. 월별분포는 고루 산재되어 있었으며 그중 3월∼6월사이가 비교적 고율이었고 동절엔 비교적 낮았다. 8. 발병부터 초진까지의 기간은 10일이내가 103례(26%)로 가장 많았고 약 80%에서 발병 1년이내에 내원하였다.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.107-111
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• 2019

Background and Objectives Idiopathic unilateral vocal fold paralysis (IVFP) is believed to be due to inflammation and edema of the recurrent laryngeal nerve caused by viral diseases such as upper respiratory tract infections. Corticosteroid has a potent anti-inflammatory action which should minimize nerve damage. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of oral steroid therapy on IVFP. Materials and Method Study was performed for the IVFP patient from January 2012 to August 2017. Patient's dermography, direction and location of paralyzed vocal cords, history of hypertension, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, and other underlying disease, smoking history, alcohol consumption and upper respiratory tract infection, and symptoms were investigated. Treatment was divided into three groups: the observation group, low-dose group, and high-dose group, and the recovery rate and time of vocal cord paralysis were analyzed in each group. Results Thirty-seven patients were enrolled in this study. There was no relationship between oral steroid use, dosage and recovery of vocal cord paralysis. Oral steroids showed a rapid recovery of vocal cord paralysis, but there was no statistically significant difference in the time of recovery of vocal palsy with or without steroids (p=0.673). In addition, there was no statistically significant difference in recovery rate between the period to start of treatment, presence of diabetes mellitus, and treatment modality, but the recovery rate was high in the group with upper respiratory tract infection history (p=0.041). Conclusion In IVFP, oral steroid therapy has no significant difference in time and extent of recovery compared to the case of spontaneous recovery.

• 대한기관식도과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기관식도과학회 1987년도 제21차 학술대회 연제순서 및 초록
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• pp.16.2-16
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• 1987

최근 전신마취의 발달로 외과영역에서는 괄목할만한 수술적 진전을 보여 왔으나, 이에 못지 않게 전신마취에 의한 여러 가지 합병증의 보고가 늘고 있다. 특히 이비인후과영역에서는 술후 뚜렷한 원인없이 사성 및 호흡곤란 등을 호소하는 환자들을 종종 접하게 되며, 추정할 수 있는 유인으로는 대개 후두 및 기관점막의 염증, 후두결절, 후두육아종 등이 대부분이나 때로 매우 희귀하지만 원인 불명의 성대마비로 인한 경우도 있다. 저자는 최근 술전에 전혀 후두증상이 없었던 환자로서 기관내 삽관마취하 이하선 혼합종수술후에 속발한 일측성 반회신경마비례를 경험하였기에 문헌적 고찰과 함께 보고하고자 한다.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.138-142
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• 2006

Objectives : Vocal cord paralysis(VCP) is a complex disorder which may result from numerous causes. We reviewed and analyzed the trend of clinical characteristics and causes of VCP in Korean patient. Method : A total 197 patients with VCP who visited St.Mary's hospital from March, 2000 to August, 2006 were reviewed retrospectively. They were analyzed according to sex, age, cause of VCP, position of paralyzed vocal fold, treatment methods. Results : The male and female ratio was 1.6 : 1. The unilateral paralyzed vocal fold was fixed at paramedian position in 84% of the cases. The left vocal fold was paralyzed about 2 1/2 times as much as the right vocal fold. Among the causes of VCP 30.9% of the cases were due to postoperative paralysis, and most of those were developed after lung, mediastinal surgery. laryngeal EMG was performed in 47 patients for determines the prognosis and treatment method. In the unilateral VCP, 90 patients were treated with injection laryngoplasty, 21 patients were performed thyroplasty type I. Conclusion : The causes of VCP include various diseases, so, detection of the primary disease is very important, because many fatal diseases are included among the primary diseases, and late detection can cause serious problems. VCP is not only a disease entity in itself, but can be seen as a sign of an underlying disease.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.197-205
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• 2002

본 연구에서는 잡음이 존재하는 공간에서 획득한 음성신호로부터 후두질환을 감별진단 할 수 있는 분류기를 구현하였다. 이를 위해 후두질환 환자로부터 수집한 /아/ 모음에 잡음을 혼입하여 음성 신호를 획득하였고, 여러 가지 후두질환을 감별진단 할 수 있는 파라미터를 추출하였으며. 이를 입력으로 하는 계층적 신경회로망을 구성하여 후두질환을 감별진단 하도록 하였다. 감별진단용 분류기는 다섯 단계의 계층적 신경회로망으로 구성하였다 첫 번째 신경회로망은 정상 양성 후두질환과 악성 후두질환을. 두 번째 신경회로망은 정상과 양성 후두질환을 감별진단 하도록 하였다 그리고 세 번째 신경회로망은 양성 후두질환 중 후두용. 성대결절 후두마비를 감별진단 하도록 하였으며. 네 번째와 다섯 번째 신경회로망은 성문암 1-4기를 감별진단 하도록 구성하였다. 분류기에 적용된 신경회로망은 다층퍼셉트론 구조로써 역전파 알고리듬으로 학습시켰으며, 선형변환 표준점수변환 등 전처리과정을 적용하여 분류기의 성능을 개선하였다. 후두질환의 감별진단 결과 후두용 88.23%. 정상. 성대결절. 후두마비 100%. 성문암 1기 90%, 성문암 2-4기 100%의 감별진단율을 관찰할 수 있었다.