Bilateral Laryngeal Paralysis Reinnervation

University Hospital, Rouen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vocal Cord Paralysis

Treatments: Procedure: surgical reinnervation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00213616

1999/141/HP

Details and patient eligibility

About

Bilateral laryngeal reinnervation induces a rise in laryngeal resistance and speech alteration. The aim of this study is to propose laryngeal reinnervation by a phrenic nerve root to patients with bilateral laryngeal paralysis.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Bilateral laryngeal paralysis without any amelioration for six months

Exclusion criteria

• Laryngeal paralysis more than 3 years
• Arycricoideus ankylostosis
• Pacemaker
• Pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)