METHOD OF TREATING MIDDLE LARYNGOSTENOSIS OF PARALYTIC ETHIOLOGY Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61B17/24 A61B18/20 A61B5/08 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: glottal aperture is sized. That is exposed to a CO₂ laser of 1-1.5 Wt in a continuous mode without forming a tracheostoma. If observing the degree I stenosis with the glottal aperture 6-7 mm wide, and the degree II stenosis with the glottal aperture 4-5 mm wide, a posterior one-third of the vocal cord is incised with the CO₂ laser from one side with a vocal process of arytenoid cartilage resected on the same side. At the degree II stenosis with the glottal aperture 2-3 mm wide, the posterior one-third of the glottal aperture is incised with the CO₂ laser from both sides with the vocal processes of arytenoid cartilage resected.

EFFECT: method enables enlarging the glottal aperture lumen with maintaining the separating function of the larynx providing free respiration and satisfactory voice quality.

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