Patients with voice problems caused by a paralyzed vocal fold now have more options when considering surgery to restore their voices. Results of a multi-center clinical trial published in the Oct.

COVID-19 appears to have paralyzed a teen girl's vocal cords, blocking her breathing to the point that surgery was required, a new case report says. The case suggests that vocal cord paralysis might ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Fat injections can help restore normal speech and improve quality of life in patients with paralyzed vocal cords, new research shows. So-called unilateral vocal cord (or ...

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Physician-researchers from Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, report the first pediatric case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis after COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The patient, an ...

Physician-researchers from Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, report the first pediatric case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis after COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. The patient, an ...

A healthy 15-year-old girl had her vocal cords paralyzed after contracting COVID-19. The patient was admitted with "severe respiratory distress" to Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, ...

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Music composer and singer Shekhar Ravjiani opened up about a life-altering health scare he faced two years ago - sharing that he was diagnosed with Left Vocal Cord Paresis which made him lose his ...

Arytenoidectomy is a surgical produce doctors use to widen the airway and help a person breathe. It is a common treatment for bilateral vocal fold paralysis (BVFP). During an arytenoidectomy, the ...

“Father of the Bride” and “According to Jim” actor Kimberly Williams-Paisley revealed to People magazine that she could not speak for two years due to a partial paralysis of her left vocal cord, which ...

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