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R Y Lim

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PubMed1985

Laser arytenoidectomy.

An endoscopic laser arytenoidectomy was performed on 20 patients for bilateral abductor vocal cord paralysis due to various causes. Ten patients had a previous tracheostomy prior to the laser arytenoidectomy and all were subsequently decannulated. One patient without a previous tracheostomy required an immediate tracheostomy after the completion of the laser arytenoidectomy due to a severe laryngeal edema and was also subsequently decannulated. All of these patients had a satisfactory voice and an adequate laryngeal airway. The advantages of the laser for endoscopic arytenoidectomy are facility of the operation, hemostasis, minimal postoperative edema, and absence of scarring.

Adolescent↗
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The hyoid bone syndrome.

Various causes of head and neck pain have been described in the literature. In 1954 Brown described a so-called hyoid bone syndrome, ie, tenderness at the site of the greater cornu of the hyoid bone. His paper, however, did not offer any definitive treatment. In 1968 Steinmann reported the hyoid bone syndrome as a form of "insertion tendinois," for which he recommended the use of procaine hydrochloride injection with corticosteroid at the tip of the greater hyoid cornu for relief of pain. The relief, however, was temporary. The purpose of this paper is to present the symptom complex of the hyoid bone syndrome, its diagnosis by exclusion, and excision of the greater cornu in 18 patients for permanent relief of head and neck pain.

Adult↗