[Functional voice evaluation after Reinke's edema treated with CO2 laser and Kleinsasser's microsurgery]

The authors performed functional evaluation of voice in 124 patients treated with microsurgery due to oedema Reincke in the years 1991-1994. In 90 patients surgery was performed with CO2 laser microsurgery and in 34 patients with microlaryngoscopy according to Kleinsasser. The picture of larynx was registered and evaluated with help of laryngovideostroboscopy. The voice status was evaluated in phoniatric examination, registered on tape and submitted to acoustic analysis. No correlation between method of surgical treatment and quality of voice was observed. However, significantly worse quality of voice was noted in those smoking after surgery.