Decision Making in Vocal Fold Paralysis: A Guide to Clinical Management

Description

This guide brings thought leaders and master clinicians together to share their wisdom and expertise regarding clinical decisions surrounding unilateral and bilateral vocal fold paralysis. Designed as a what- to-do and why as opposed to a how-to guide, the authors detail the reasoning process from work up, through intervention, to post-treatment decision making. The text is organized around decision points in the management of vocal fold paralysis such as decisions in regard to timing, intervention, implants, reinnervation, drugs, voice therapy, and post-operative care. Individual chapters focus on specific steps in the process of evaluation and treatment, explore the decisions that can and should be made, and provide answers and direction for the reader. Authors explain the issues around the decision point and use their considerable experience to offer their opinion and as well as the thought process behind it. Decision Making in Vocal Fold Paralysis will be a useful guide for practitioners that deal with vocal fold paralysis, including otolaryngologists, general surgeons, neurologists, speech language pathologists, primary care physicians, and oncologists. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Diagnostic Studies in Workup for Vocal Fold Paralysis: When and Why (Shaum S. Sridharan, Clark A. Rosen)....Pages 3-12 Timing of Intervention for Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis (Ted Mau)....Pages 13-28 Early Management of Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis (Andrée-Anne Leclerc, Libby J. Smith)....Pages 29-39 Management of Dysphagia in Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis (Daniel J. Cates, Maggie A. Kuhn)....Pages 41-55 Management of Nerve Sacrifice with Thyroidectomy (Apoorva Tewari Ramaswamy, Michael J. Pitman)....Pages 57-70 Static Medialization: Fat Injection Versus Medialization Laryngoplasty (Stephanie E. Teng, Gregory Postma)....Pages 71-78 Choosing the Right Implant (William Z. Gao, Michael M. Johns)....Pages 79-96 Decision-Making in Arytenoid Adduction (Benjamin J. Rubinstein, Mark S. Courey)....Pages 97-114 Role of Adjunctive Procedures Like Cricothyroid Subluxation and Arytenopexy or Arytenoid Adduction (Semirra Bayan, Dale C. Ekbom, Paul E. Kwak)....Pages 115-123 Decision Making Around Reinnveration (Neel K. Bhatt, Joel H. Blumin)....Pages 125-142 Decision-Making in Pediatric Unilateral Vocal Fold Movement Impairment (Nicole L. Alexander, Julina Ongkasuwan)....Pages 143-155 Decision-Making in Postoperative Care Following Laryngeal Surgery for Vocal Fold Paralysis (R. Alex Harbison, Simon Brisebois, Albert L. Merati)....Pages 157-167 Medialization Laryngoplasty: Revision Surgery (Keith A. Chadwick, Lucian Sulica)....Pages 169-184 Front Matter ....Pages 185-185 Diagnostic Studies in Work-Up for Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis: When and Why (Laura Matrka, Fernando J. Morell)....Pages 187-198 Acute Management of Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis (Laura M. Dominguez, C. Blake Simpson)....Pages 199-208 Long-Term Interventions for Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis: Endoscopic and Open Procedures (Sandra Stinnett, Halley Darrach, Alexander T. Hillel)....Pages 209-225 Decision-Making in Patients with Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis with Glottal Insufficiency: Balancing Voice Versus Airway (Peak Woo)....Pages 227-255 Reinnervation/Pacing for Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis (Andreas H. Mueller, Jean-Paul Marie, Nicolas Bon Mardion, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius)....Pages 257-268 Back Matter ....Pages 269-277