Vol.97 No.4 contentsPRACTICA OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGICA
Vol. 97 No. 4 April 2004
Surgical Treatment for Polypoid Vocal
Cord Using KTP Laser
-A Follow-up Report-
Kazuhiro Yamamoto and Yoshiaki Iguchi
(Kitasato University)
Yoshitsugu Ogawa
(Ogawa ENT Clinic, Yokosuka City)
We report eight cases of polypoid vocal cord treated by KTP laser.
Clinical grade of polypoid vocal cord, I, II and III was noted in 2, 4 and 2 of the patients respectively.
We evaluated the voice before and after each procedure with GRBAS classification and finding of larynx stroboscopy.
In our surgical method, vocal cord edema is aspirated by the KTP laser without incising the mucosa of vocal cord by surgical knife.
All our cases showed improvement in GRBAS classification and in the findings on larynx stroboscopy.
Especially the patients demonstrating grade I or II improved after a single surgery.
For patients demonstrating grade III, the necessity for repeated surgical treatment was suggested.
Key words : surgical treatment, polypoid vocal cord, KTP laser