ReviewDeutsches Arzteblatt international2015
Hoarseness-causes and treatments.
Review in Deutsches Arzteblatt international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03690284 (The VivaSight Double Lumen Tube Versus Conventional Double Lumen Tube in Thoracic Surgical Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers.
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The VivaSight Double Lumen Tube Versus Conventional Double Lumen Tube in Thoracic Surgical Patients
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Postoperative Sore Throat After Tracheal Intubation: An Updated Narrative Review and Call for Action.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Hoarseness after general endotracheal anesthesia: A single-center retrospective analysis.Journal of anesthesia and translational medicine · 2024Article
- Assessing the Effectiveness of Voice Therapy Techniques in Treating Dysphonia: An Otolaryngological Review.Cureus · 2024Review
- The effectiveness of various treatment approaches for laryngeal contact granulomas.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
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- A Rare Case of a 54-year-old Male with Vocal Cord Paralysis Secondary to Left Atrial Enlargement.Cureus · 2024Article
- Expanded taxonomies of human memory.Frontiers in cognition · 2024Review
- The accuracy of an Online Sequential Extreme Learning Machine in detecting voice pathology using the Malaysian Voice Pathology Database.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2023Article
- Metastatic sigmoid adenocarcinoma to the larynx: A case report and updated literature review.Clinical case reports · 2023Article
- A Rare Case of Laryngeal Hamartoma.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022Article
- The prevalence and risk factors for perceived voice disorders in public school teachers.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2022Article
- Alarming triad of progressive hoarseness in a male smoker.Malaysian family physician : the official journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia · 2021Article
- Recurrent laryngeal nerve schwannoma: same setting of resection and injection laryngoplasty.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Non-energy devices to dissect recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph nodes of non-small cell lung cancer under video-assisted thoracic surgery.BMC surgery · 2021Article
- Attractiveness and distinctiveness between speakers' voices in naturalistic speech and their faces are uncorrelated.Royal Society open science · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundHoarseness (dysphonia) is the reason for about 1% of all consultations in primary care. It has many causes, ranging from self-limited laryngitis to malignant tumors of the vocal cords.
methodsThis review is based on literature retrieved by a selective search in PubMed employing the terms "hoarseness," "hoarse voice," and "dysphonia," on the relevant guideline of the American Academy of Otolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery, and on Cochrane reviews.
resultsHoarseness can be caused by acute (42.1%) and chronic laryngitis (9.7%), functional vocal disturbances (30%), and benign (10.7-31%) and malignant tumors (2.2-3%), as well as by neurogenic disturbances such as vocal cord paresis (2.8-8%), physiologic aging of the voice (2%), and psychogenic factors (2-2.2 %). Hoarseness is very rarely a manifestation of internal medical illness. The treatment of hoarseness has been studied in only a few randomized controlled trials, all of which were on a small scale. Voice therapy is often successful in the treatment of functional and organic vocal disturbances (level 1a evidence). Surgery on the vocal cords is indicated to treat tumors and inadequate vocal cord closure. The only entity causing hoarseness that can be treated pharmacologically is chronic laryngitis associated with gastro-esophageal reflux, which responds to treatment of the reflux disorder. The empirical treatment of hoarseness with antibiotics or corticosteroids is not recommended.
conclusionVoice therapy, vocal cord surgery, and drug therapy for appropriate groups of patients with hoarseness are well documented as effective by the available evidence. In patients with risk factors, especially smokers, hoarseness should be immediately evaluated by laryngos - copy.
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