Microsurgical treatment of benign vocal fold lesions: indications, technique, results

Abstract

This report summarises the joint experience of a surgeon and a phoniatrician, working as a team over a period of 20 years, carrying out 2,552 microsurgical operations on 2,334 patients with benign vocal fold lesions. The authors first present their procedure and then examine indications for surgery, surgical technique, postoperative follow-up and results for each pathology concerned. Phonosurgery with children (191 cases) and singers (128 cases) is given separate consideration. This work demonstrates the great interest of teamwork between phoniatrician and surgeon in phonosurgery.