Medialization thyroplasty using medpor® implant material under superficial cervical plexus blocks

Abstract EN

Medialization thyroplasty has rapidly gained popularity as the treatment of choice for unilateral vocal fold immobility over other methods applied for treatment of glottic insufficiency.

The reasons for this are the physiologic aspect of medialization thyroplasty and ability of monitoring during surgery.

In this study medial"nation thyroplasty type I was performed according to Isshiki Technique using Medpor as an implant material in 12 patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis under bilateral superficial cervical plexus blocks with minimal sedation.

Pre-and post-operative phoniatric assessment included auditory perceptual assessment, acoustic analysis of voice and videolaryngostroboscopy.

All the patients showed improvement in the assessment parameters with no detected complications.