Book chapter
Blue Laser Therapy of Vocal Fold Scars - 8
01 Jan 2023
Abstract
Vocal fold scar is an especially challenging problem for laryngologists. Etiologies include surgery, systemic diseases, and laryngeal trauma. Following injury there is increase in irregular collagen deposition in the lamina propria and decrease in elastin leading to alteration in the viscoelastic properties of the vocal fold. The resultant change in the landscape of the extracellular matrix constituents has adverse effect on voice quality. Affected patients present with change in voice quality including hoarseness, disturbances in pitch and volume, and voice fatigue. There are many treatment modalities including laryngeal framework surgery, vocal fold steroid injections, injection laryngoplasty, 5-fluorouracil injections, growth factor injections, and tissue engineering, among others.
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- Title
- Blue Laser Therapy of Vocal Fold Scars - 8
- Creators
- Abdul-Latif Hamdan - Drexel UniversityRobert Thayer Sataloff - Drexel UniversityOmar Ramadan - Drexel UniversityDaniel Eichorn - Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMary J Hawkshaw - Drexel University
- Publisher
- Springer Nature Switzerland
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine; Otolaryngology (and Head and Neck Surgery)
- Other Identifier
- 991020832179404721