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  2. Arytenoid adduction - Wikipedia

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    Damage to these nerves results in vocal cord paralysis - the reduced mobility and inability to adduct one or both vocal cords. Many cases of vocal cord paralysis result from trauma during surgery. [2] Symptoms include hoarseness of voice, difficulty projecting, difficulty swallowing, and throat pain. [citation needed]

  3. Vocal cord paresis - Wikipedia

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    Vocal cord paresis, also known as recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis or vocal fold paralysis, is an injury to one or both recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLNs), which control all intrinsic muscles of the larynx except for the cricothyroid muscle. The RLN is important for speaking, breathing and swallowing.

  4. Thyroplasty - Wikipedia

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    Unilateral vocal cord paralysis where one vocal cord out of the two is paralysed. Symptomatic glottic insufficiency (dysphonia, aspiration) which leads to incomplete glottic closure which in turn results in failure to produce proper sound. Age-related vocal fold atrophy leading to glottic insufficiency. [4]

  5. Recurrent laryngeal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The recurrent laryngeal nerves supply sensation to the larynx below the vocal cords, give cardiac branches to the deep cardiac plexus, and branch to the trachea, esophagus and the inferior constrictor muscles. The posterior cricoarytenoid muscles, the only muscles that can open the vocal folds, are innervated by this nerve.

  6. Endoscopic laser cordectomy - Wikipedia

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    Endoscopic laser cordectomy, also known as Kashima operation, [1] is an endoscopic laser surgical procedure performed for treating the respiratory difficulty caused as a result of bilateral abductor vocal fold paralysis. Bilateral vocal fold paralysis is basically a result of abnormal nerve input to the laryngeal muscles, resulting in weak or ...

  7. Neuromuscular-blocking drug - Wikipedia

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    In clinical use, neuromuscular block is used adjunctively to anesthesia to produce paralysis, firstly to paralyze the vocal cords, and permit endotracheal intubation, [2] and secondly to optimize the surgical field by inhibiting spontaneous ventilation, and causing relaxation of skeletal muscles.

  8. Kimberly Williams-Paisley Was Awake During 3-Hour ... - AOL

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    Doctors checked her vocal cords again and finally determined her underlying problem. Her left cord was weak and wasn't touching the right cord when they were vibrating, a condition known as ...

  9. Thyroidectomy - Wikipedia

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    Thyroidectomy is a common surgical procedure that has several potential complications or sequelae including: temporary or permanent change in voice, temporary or permanently low calcium, need for lifelong thyroid hormone replacement, bleeding, infection, and the remote possibility of airway obstruction due to bilateral vocal cord paralysis.

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