Although the disease is not very often, every otorhinolaryngologist will experience some patients suffering from vocal fold paralysis.This is the first and unique book solely devoted to this topic.Offers step-by-step descriptions and evaluations of the materials and/or methods of well-established techniques and new therapeutic options and approaches.Written by leading experts: Blitzer is speaker of the American Academy of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS); Sulica, also a speaker of the AAO-HNS, works in his department.Vocal Fold Paralysis is a clinically useful reference for evaluation and treatment, as well as a summary of current knowledge and investigational approaches.

Basic Science and Clinical Evaluation.- Neuroanatomy of the Larynx.- Synkinesis and Dysfunctional Reinnervation of the Larynx.- Vocal Fold Paralysis: Causes, Outcomes, and Clinical Aspects.- Evaluation of Vocal Fold Paralysis.- Diagnostic Electromyography for Unilateral Vocal Fold Dysmotility.- Treatment.- Decision Points in the Management of Vocal Fold Paralysis.- Voice Therapy for Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis.- Injection Augmentation.- Autologous Fat for Vocal Fold Injection.- Collagen in Vocal Fold Injection.- Treatment of Glottal Insufficiency Using Micronized Human Acellular Dermis (Cymetra).- Vocal Fold Augmentation with Calcium Hydroxylapatite.- Treatment of Glottal Insufficiency Using Hyaluronan.- Principles of Medialization Laryngoplasty.- Silastic Medialization Laryngoplasty.- Medialization Thyroplasty Using the Montgomery Thyroplasty System.- Medialization Thyroplasty Using the VoCoM Vocal Cord Medialization System.- Titanium Medialization Implant.- Medialization Laryngoplasty with Gore-Tex (Expanded Polytetrafluoroethylene).- Arytenoid Repositioning Surgery.- Special Topics.- Laryngeal Reinnervation.- Electrical Stimulation for Vocal Fold Paralysis.- Bilateral Medialization Laryngoplasty.- Vocal Fold Paralysis in Children.- Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility.