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Arytenoid granuloma: a single-institution experience of management of 62 cases
S Gandhi1, D Ganesuni1, S S Shenoy1
1Department of Laryngology, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Erandawane, Pune, India.
Objective:
This retrospective study was undertaken to assess the outcome of the medical and/or surgical management of patients presenting with clinical features of arytenoid granuloma.
Methods:
The records of 53 males and 9 females were reviewed for predisposing factors, types of treatment received and recurrence following the treatment.
Results:
Most of the patients (48 out of 62, 77.4 per cent) were treated conservatively with medical management and voice therapy, which resulted in complete resolution of arytenoid granuloma in over two-thirds of the patients treated (32 out of 48, 66.6 per cent). Overall, 28 patients (out of 62, 45.1 per cent) required surgery (14 failed medical treatment cases and 14 surgery as first-line treatment cases). Of these, five patients (out of 28, 17.9 per cent) had recurrence, and were managed with revision surgery and concurrent local injection of Botox.
Conclusion:
Anti-reflux medication and voice therapy are effective first-line management options. Pre- and post-surgery adjuvant treatment improves the results of surgery. Local injection of Botox was successful in the treatment of failed surgical cases.
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