Electromyography-guided hyaluronic acid injection laryngoplasty in early stage of unilateral vocal fold paralysis.

Introduction And Objective: To assess the effectiveness of electromyography-guided hyaluronic acid injection laryngoplasty in the early stage of unilateral vocal fold paralysis in terms of patient recovery from dysphonia and quality of life.

Methods: Between January and December 2014, 28 patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis underwent electromyography and injection of hyaluronic acid in the thyroarytenoid muscle. We compared the voice handicap index, grade, roughness, breathiness, asthenia, strain scale (GRBAS), videostroboscopic parameters and maximum phonation time assessed before, 15 days and 6 months after the intervention, using the non-parametric Wilcoxon rank test.

[Analysis of the anthropometric, epidemiological, and clinical parameters in patients with snoring and obstructive sleep apnoea].

Objectives: The existence of snoring, apnoeas and diurnal somnolence constitutes obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA), a disease of high prevalence that can cause serious complications. We have made a descriptive study of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with suspected OSA, with the main target of knowing the value of some of these characteristics in the evaluation of these patients.

Patients And Method: We have had access to a retrospective sample of 433 patients (361 men and 72 women) with an average age of 47 (11.