ArticleThe Laryngoscope2020
Effect of Vocal Fold Implant Placement on Depth of Vibration and Vocal Output.
Article in The Laryngoscope, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Redox-regulated in situ-forming hydrogel informed by single-cell transcriptomics for functional restoration of injured vocal folds.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Infraglottal Medialization: Increasing Vocal Fold Stiffness Gradient for Improved Vocal Efficiency.Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation · 2024Article
- An Integrated Experimental-Computational Study of Vocal Fold Vibration in Type I Thyroplasty.Journal of biomechanical engineering · 2024Article
- Subject-Specific Modeling of Implant Placement for Type I Thyroplasty Surgery.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Article
- Effects of implant and vocal fold stiffness on voice production after medialization laryngoplasty in an MRI-based vocal fold model.Journal of biomechanics · 2023Article
- Progress in Vocal Fold Regenerative Biomaterials: An Immunological Perspective.Advanced nanobiomed research · 2022Article
- Medialization Laryngoplasty: A Review for Speech-Language Pathologists.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2021Review
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Abstract
objectiveMost type 1 thyroplasty implants and some common injectable materials are mechanically stiff. Placing them close to the supple vocal fold mucosa can potentially dampen vibration and adversely impact phonation, yet this effect has not been systematically investigated. This study aims to examine the effect of implant depth on vocal fold vibration and vocal output. STUDY
designComputational simulation.
methodsVoice production was simulated with a fiber-gel finite element computational model that incorporates a three-layer vocal fold composition (superficial lamina propria, vocal ligament, thyroarytenoid muscle). Implants of various depths were simulated, with a "deeper" or more medial implant positioned closer to the vocal fold mucosa and replacing more muscle elements. Trajectories of surface and within-tissue nodal points during vibration were produced. Outcome measures were the trajectory radii, fundamental frequency (F
resultsAmplitude of vibration at the vocal fold medial surface was reduced by an implant depth of as little as 14% of the total transverse vocal fold depth. Increase in F
conclusionsCommonly used implants can dampen vibration "from a distance," ie, even without being immediately adjacent to vocal fold mucosa. Since implants are typically placed at depths examined in this study, stiff implants likely have a negative vocal impact in a subset of patients. Softer materials may be preferable, especially in bilateral medialization procedures. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: N/A Laryngoscope, 130:2192-2198, 2020.
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