Acta Oto-laryngologica 

About: Acta Oto-laryngologica is an academic journal published by Informa. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Vestibular system & Hearing loss. It has an ISSN identifier of 0001-6489. Over the lifetime, 15822 publications have been published receiving 307903 citations.

Bell's palsy: The spontaneous course of 2,500 peripheral facial nerve palsies of different etiologies

Abstract: Objective - The Copenhagen Facial Nerve Study aims to explain the spontaneous course of idiopathic peripheral facial nerve palsy which occurs without any kind of treatment. In this study Bell's pal...

Thyroplasty as a new phonosurgical technique.

Abstract: In an attempt to examine the surgical possibility of changing the vocal cord position and tension by reforming the thyroid cartilage, an experimental study was made using 10 adult dogs. Hoarseness produced by section of the recurrent laryngeal nerve was generally much improved by vertical incision on the thyroid ala and slipping in of the lateral cartilage segment. Four types of thyroplasty were proposed from the functional viewpoint. Their effects on the vocal cord are (1) lateral compression, (2) lateral expansion, (3) relaxation (shortening) and (4) stretching (lengthening) respectively. Possible indications for each type of thyroplasty were described with reference to specific laryngeal diseases. The advantages of thyroplasty were emphasized namely, that the intervention inside the thyroid cartilage is minimal and therefore fine and reliable adjustment is possible during surgery. Thyroplasty thus offers a new possibility in phonosurgery.