Laryngeal Reconstruction in Children Assessment of Vocal Quality

Ten-year review of laryngotracheal reconstruction for paediatric airway stenosis

“…The mean number of days patients were intubated post SSLTR was 6.5 days (median 6.5, reference range [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. At the time of extubation with the SSLTR patients, two patients had stridor that did not require reintubation, seven had stridor requiring reintubation and three required temporary tracheostomy.…”

“…Several studies of paediatric LTR have included evaluations of voice quality [10,11]. Speech samples were assessed qualitatively (e.g.…”

Vibratory source, vocal quality and fundamental frequency following pediatric laryngotracheal reconstruction

“…Because the post-surgical larynx is necessarily altered and may be characterized by missing, immobile, or poorly approximated structures, dysphonia is a frequent outcome of augmentation and resection reconstructive surgeries [1,4,5,7,[9][10][11][12]. In augmentation procedures, a cartilaginous graft is placed between the edges of a surgically created split in the anterior and/or posterior cricoid plate [2].…”

“…Surgeons who perform pediatric LTR have traditionally measured surgical outcomes based on successful airway restoration [2][3][4][5][6]. In order to expand the scope of outcome analysis and promote improved phonation in children after LTR, surgeons and speech-language pathologists have expressed a desire for comprehensive information about post-surgical voice outcomes [5,[7][8][9]]. …”

Aerodynamic and acoustic assessment in children following airway reconstruction: An assessment of feasibility

“…Voice disorders are common among children who have previously undergone surgical intervention of the airway [3][4][5]. The use of instrumental measures such as aerodynamic and acoustic parameters to characterize normal and disordered pediatric voice characteristics is reported in the current literature.…”