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Vocal outcome after endoscopic thyroarytenoid myoneurectomy in patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia.

Gandhi S1, Remacle M, Mishra P, Desai V.
European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol.2014 Dec;271(12):3249-54. doi: 10.1007/s00405-014-3129-9. Epub 2014 Jun 12.
Spasmodic dysphonia (SD) remains one of the most difficult of laryngeal pathologies to treat. With limited role for speech therapy, various surgical modalities have been tried with various success rates. The objective of the study is to report the results of vocal outcome after thyroarytenoid myoneu
PMID 24920326

Endoscopic laser thyroarytenoid myoneurectomy in patients with adductor spasmodic dysphonia: a pilot study on long-term outcome on voice quality.

Tsuji DH1, Takahashi MT, Imamura R, Hachiya A, Sennes LU.
Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation.J Voice.2012 Sep;26(5):666.e7-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.07.009. Epub 2011 Sep 22.
OBJECTIVES: Adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ADSD) is a focal laryngeal dystonia, which compromises greatly the quality of life of the patients involved. It is a severe vocal disorder characterized by spasms of laryngeal muscles during speech, producing phonatory breaks, forced, strained and strangled
PMID 21940146

Transoral laser ventricular fold resection and thyroarytenoid myoneurectomy for adductor spasmodic dysphonia: long-term outcome.

Su CY1, Lai CC, Wu PY, Huang HH.
The Laryngoscope.Laryngoscope.2010 Feb;120(2):313-8. doi: 10.1002/lary.20714.
OBJECTIVES: A transoral approach to laser myoneurectomy of the thyroarytenoid muscles was recently reported as an effective technique for treatment of adductor spasmodic dysphonia (ASD). The short-term results were encouraging. In this study, a long-term surgical outcome of this technique is investi
PMID 20013850