What percentage of the time does thyroid removal injury vocal cord nerves?

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I have developed several large & many small nodules on both thyroid glands. The Dr. wants to remove them. What could cause this? What % of the time are they cancerous cells?
I have had my thyroids removed it is about a 50/50 chance. they are so close to the voice box and the cancerous cells could also be higher or lower I had non cancerous ones. It is not a bad surgery and you will feel so much better afterward.  (+ info)

What would be the cost to remove a pulyp from the vocal cord (in the throat) using laser surgury?

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I know they can be removed using conventional surgury, but I am interested to know about laser surgery as an option.
very expensive. 5-12 thousand  (+ info)

How long does it take to recover from vocal cord surgery?

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My dad is having minor surgery tomorrow and am curious if someone can give me some info about the length of recovery.
depends on what is being done.  (+ info)

How do you cure Vocal cord dysfunction?

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I've heard things called lazer surgery and stretching the esophagus but is that how they cure it and is it cured once they do that?
no there is no surgical procedure for vocal cord dysfunction but there is treatment. here are a few :

Long term treatment:
* Speech therapy
o The mainstays of treatment for VCD involve teaching the patient vocal cord relaxation techniques and breathing exercises. These procedures have been very successful and are used concomitantly with psychological support in difficult cases.
o The role of the speech therapist is to effectively teach and communicate a comprehensive speech therapy plan with appropriate breathing exercises.
* Psychotherapy: The role of the psychiatrist is to implement cognitive behavior psychotherapy or general psychotherapy based upon evaluation of psychiatric and/or personality disorders.

Short term treatment:
* Helium-oxygen therapy
o This therapy consists of administration of a helium-oxygen mixture (heliox), which is less dense than air and thus reduces the turbulence in the airway during inspiration.
o Heliox administration provides only a short-term benefit, but it may be very helpful in the emergent treatment of acute VCD.
* Botulinum toxin
o An intralaryngeal injection of botulinum toxin relieves symptoms by blocking acetylcholine release at the motor end plate and creating a laryngeal muscle weakness, thus facilitating inspiratory and expiratory airflow.
o Its use is considered experimental, and equivocal reports in the literature illustrate both effectiveness and lack of benefit.
* Panting: This maneuver causes the adducted vocal cords to relax, which increases the glottic aperture.
* Topical lidocaine
o This may be applied to the larynx.
o The mechanism of action is to break the cycle of hyperactive glottal and supraglottal muscle contractions.



Surgical procedures are for those who have cancer in the larynx or polyps and the tracheotomy is for severe cases which is not recommended because it just makes things worse after.

To read more about a tracheotomy go here:
http://www.pediatric-ent.com/learning/surgeries/tracheotomy.htm

Hope the info. i gave you helps.
BTW i have vocal cord dysfunction so if you need someone to talk to I'm here for you.  (+ info)

Does only one working vocal cord cause more coughing when laying down when asleep?

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During the day my father does not cough only when sleeping he has a continuous cough. Should he be slightly elevated with pillow while sleeping. While upright during the day he is fine. Help!
Here i s an excellent site with some wonderful options for you. It will definitely help you. Have a look. http://webmd64.notlong.com/AAw7IHz  (+ info)

Is vocal chord paralysis a sign of lung cancer?

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Can someone answer other than Frederick - he is a tool.
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If your vocal cord is damaged, does it affect your speech and sound?

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I know someone who went to the doctor after a month of having a sore throat. Supposedly, the doctor said that my friend's vocal chord had been damaged. Will she lose her sound/voice??
While it does affect the voice in terms of pitch variation and strength (loudness and breathiness), it will not make her lose her voice.
In most cases, referral to a speech pathologist for voice therapy can help a person with their damaged voice, depending on the diagnosis.  (+ info)

My baby has a paralyzed vocal cord and can't make any sound. Any suggestions on products to use at night?

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I am looking for a product to use at night so I can know when my 6-week old son is moving even though I can't hear him. I want something that can go in the crib or something that can monitor him and notify me when he is moving so I can attend to him.
The only thing I can think of is those toys you can get that when bubs starts moving they play a song to help resettle the baby...not sure where you can get them

If you leave this question open for a bit (a couple of days) I'll do some research and also ask my collegues (I am a speech pathologist so I have some contacts that might know something) and I'll get back to you



EDIT....my understanding of the angel care monitor is that it alerts you if the baby is NOT moving/breathing....I had a similar monitor so I am assuming they are they same



EDIT....

Sorry, I haven't really been able to come up with much. I researched the toy I was talking about and I guess it's no surprise that it is voice activated so kinda useless for you. The other ideas some colleagues came up with included:

*** Having some sort of noise maker attached to bubs....would need to be something safe and attached in a way that it could not come off and cause any danger to bubs... something so that when bubs wriggles, it makes a noise....the con of this is that bubs might wiggle but not actually wake.

*** Co-sleeping as someone suggested.... either in your bed or in an arms reach style cosleeper.

*** similar to the noise maker idea.... having something crinkly under the sheet so that when bubs moves it makes a noise.


There are some products out there however they require intentional movements....good for when bubs is a bit older but right now, he is unable to intentionally push a button.

I hope that helps some and I'll continue to keep my ear out for anything that might work in your situation....good luck!  (+ info)

Can anybody tell me what to do as one of my friends sister has a tumer in for vocal cord?

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one of my friends sister has a tumer in for vocal cord and she has been taking Kemo therapi and a lot of other medication. Doc said she is in the last stage. Please we need help and we are ready to spend.
One of the alternative approaches that I would try if I were terminal is found in a book called:
The Cure for All Cancers: Including over 100 Case Histories of Persons Cured by Hulda R. Clark http://www.drclark.net/

I would also see a doctor who specializes in alternatives but is an actual MD. I would look for an MD who does oxygen therapies and chelation therapies. I would contact Dr Weil's staff and ask them who they can refer you to. http://www.drweil.com/drw/ecs/index.html You don't say what part of the world you are in .

Try spelling things like this - a tumor, chemotherapy, vocal chords - find out the exact type of tumor she has and add that to your queries.

Consider the latest trials http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials
as they usually have a higher survival rate.

Regardless of your faith or mine, my thoughts and prayers are with you.  (+ info)

Can someone tell me where to cut to cut my vocal cord nerve?

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I want to know for a short story I am writing.
there are 2 diff vocal cord nerves- superior laryngeal, and recurrent laryngeal. i'm guessing you want your charecter to lose voice, so u'll have to knock off the superior laryngeal branch.

your vocal cord nerves lie deep within the neck, and are surrounded by vital structures like the trachea and the carotid arteries. its not something you can easily cut. it takes a skilled surgeon to even reach that area. these nerves are usually cut by mistake during neck surgeries, recurrent nerve more commonly than superior. another way is diphtheria-a disease of childhood which may damage this nerve.

the best you can do to damage the nerve is give your character a thyroid cancer, and send him for surgery. a less technically sound way would be a thyroid nodule going for a thyroidectomy.

if you just wish to give a hoarse, fatigued, difficult speech, give ur character a laryngitis, or a vocal polyp.

all the best for your story.  (+ info)

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