Publication at First Faculty of Medicine |
2010
Abstract
The main cause of unilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy is iatrogenous injury. The treatment is conservative, surgical or combination of both.
We present a retrospective cohort of 10 patients with miscellaneous etiologie factors causing a unilateral laryngeal nerve palsy. The surgical treatment methods included a thyroplasty and a nerve suture of injured nerve.
Indication of surgical tratment as well as functional results of various methods are discussed.