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Role of Adjunctive Procedures Like Cricothyroid Subluxation and Arytenopexy or Arytenoid Adduction

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Arytenopexy, arytenoid adduction, and cricothyroid subluxation have long been considered procedures adjunctive to vocal fold medialization, to address unilateral vocal fold paralysis. Because these adjunctive procedures are performed less commonly, experience with these procedures is more limited; as a result, practice patterns can diverge more widely than in medialization laryngoplasty. This chapter reviews the history of these adjunctive procedures; salient clinical, preoperative diagnostic considerations; and key surgical pearls and addresses potential pitfalls and risks involved in these procedures.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

    Semirra Bayan & Dale C. Ekbom

  2. NYU Voice Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Paul E. Kwak

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  1. NYU Swallowing Disorders Center, New York University, New York, NY, USA

    Milan R. Amin

  2. USC Voice Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Michael M. Johns

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Bayan, S., Ekbom, D.C., Kwak, P.E. (2019). Role of Adjunctive Procedures Like Cricothyroid Subluxation and Arytenopexy or Arytenoid Adduction. In: Amin, M., Johns, M. (eds) Decision Making in Vocal Fold Paralysis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23475-1_9

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