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Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate short and long term
results, preoperative and postoperative perceptual voice analysis,
videolarygostroboscopic findings, objective acoustic analysis and
aerodynamic measures of medialization laryngoplasty procedure.
Methods: Sixteen patients, who had undergone medialization
laryngoplasty with carved silicon implant between 1998 and 2004 in
Otorhinolaryngology Department, of Ankara University Medical School were
evaluated. Preoperative and postoperative 1-month, 6-month and 1-year
perceptual voice analysis, videolaryngostroboscopy findings and acoustic
analysis measures were included for the study. In the perceptual voice
analysis, GRBAS scale is employed. The statistical evaluation of results
was done by one way variance analysis and when determinating
significant, further analysis of groups were done by t test in SPSS for
Windows software package, and value of p<0.01 was considered as
significant in further analysis.
Results: Perceptual acoustic analysis, videolaryngostroboscopy
findings and acoustic analysis demonstrated significant improvement from
the preoperative to all postoperative measure results (p<0.01).
Conclusion: Medialization laryngoplasty is an effective, long
standing surgical procedure with significant improvement of voice
quality for the management of unilateral vocal fold paralysis.
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