Total Versus Partial Arytenoidectomy in Bilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Vocal Cord Paralysis; Airway Obstruction

Treatments: Procedure: Total arytenoidectomy; Procedure: Partial arytenoidectomy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01824849

HUmedTY1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Total arytenoidectomy is claimed to increase risk of aspiration and cause more voice loss than other operations performed for bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP). However, objective evidence for such conclusion is lacking. There is no study comparing swallowing and voice after total and partial arytenoidectomy.

Full description

Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blind, case-control Setting: Tertiary, referral, university Patients: Twenty patients with BVFP Intervention: Endoscopic total and partial arytenoidectomy

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Bilateral vocal fold paralysis

Exclusion criteria

• Previously operated patients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Total arytenoidectomy

Experimental group

Description:

Endoscopic total arytenoidectomy was performed on patients.

Treatment:

Procedure: Total arytenoidectomy

Partial arytenoidectomy

Experimental group

Description:

Endoscopic partial arytenoidectomy was performed on patients.

Treatment:

Procedure: Partial arytenoidectomy