Comparison between Laryngeal Microsurgery versus Laryngeal Microsurgery with Corticosteroid Injection in the Management of Patients with Minimal Associated Pathological Lesions
Abstract:Background: Minimal Associated Pathological Lesions (MAPLs) are non-neoplastic, non-inflammatory, traumatic lesions of the vocal fold that occupy a position somewhere between the organic benign and non-organic groups and might have been predisposed by long-standing non-organic vocal dysfunction. Methods: This Prospective randomized study was carried out on 30 consecutive candidates with MAPLs. They were categorized into two main groups according to their management, Group A, managed by laryngeal microsurgery (… Show more
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