Laser cordotomy for the treatment of bilateral vocal cord paralysis in infants

Laser arytenoidectomy in the management of bilateral vocal cord paralysis in children

“…Neither this technique, nor arytenoidopexy or laser cordotomy has been demonstrated to have superior results to arytenoidectomy [3,[28][29][30][31].…”

Unilateral transverse cordotomy for bilateral abductor vocal fold immobility

“…20 In four of our cases, we were able to assess voice both before and after unilateral transverse cordotomy, and we found little change. Seven of these 11 did not undergo tracheostomy, and cordotomy was the primary procedure.…”

Spontaneous recovery of bilateral congenital idiopathic laryngeal paralysis: Systematic non-meta-analytical review

“…Sixteen articles had flaws that disqualified them from inclusion (sampling, diagnostic definition, incomplete follow up, and non-objective assessment of final outcome) [2,4,[6][7][8]14,[67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76]. Twenty-one articles were assessing glottic expansion procedures on highly selected groups [9,[77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95][96]. Three articles were studying a certain diagnostic modality [97][98][99].…”

“…Cohen [79] Studying the efficacy of a specific surgical technique 5 Ezzat et al [80] Studying the efficacy of a specific surgical technique 6 Friedman et al [81] Studying the efficacy of a specific surgical technique 7 Craig et al [82] Studying surgical technique 8 Hartnick et al [83] Comparing different surgical glottic expansion techniques 9 Inglis et al [84] Studying the efficacy of a specific surgical technique 10 Lagier et al [85] Studying the efficacy of a specific surgical technique 11 Lidia et al [86] Studying the efficacy of a specific surgical technique 12 Mathur et al [87] Studying the efficacy of a specific surgical technique 13 Narcy [88] Studying the efficacy of a specific surgical technique 14 Woodman and Pennington [89] Discussing a surgical technique 15…”