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2014 Month : October Volume : 3 Issue : 57 Page : 12903-12909MICRO LARYNGEAL SURGERY: 25 CASES OF BENIGN LESIONS OF LARYNX
Shanta Nibedita Satpathy1, Swatishree Dash2
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR:
Dr. Shanta Nibedita Satpathy,
# 47, Jaydev Nagar,
Nageswar Tangi Housing Board Colony,
Bhubaneswar-751002,
Odisha.
Email: shantasatpathy@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: Micro Laryngeal Surgery (MLS) is a procedure where the larynx is seen with the help of endoscope and the view is magnified by use of an operating microscope. This has numerous advantages in regard to delineating the extent of lesion and performing a satisfactory excision or biopsy. This is the procedure of choice in assessment as well as treatment of benign lesions of larynx. Patients who are voice users were benefited by the procedure by getting back their normal voice. Study group comprise of 25 patients with age group varying from 12-48 years. Various abnormalities were detected among these patients, vocal nodule being the commonest. Other pathologies were vocal cord polyp, Reinke’s Oedema, ventricular cyst, chronic laryngitis, tuberculosis and papilomatosis of larynx. MLS is safe, effective and smoothly performed procedure giving a person back his normal voice.
KEYWORDS: Micro laryngeal Surgery, benign lesions of larynx.