Laryngeal paracoccidioidomycosis presenting as solitary true vocal fold disease.

Paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) is a systemic granulomatous disease caused by or . It is a neglected tropical infectious disease that poses a major public health burden in endemic areas of Latin America. Mucosae of the upper digestive and respiratory tracts are commonly involved and many patients have disease at multiple mucosal sites, with or without lung involvement.

Augmentation of the porcine vocal fold using autologous composite cervical fascia and fat graft. Comparison between the transmuscular and submuscular approaches.

Objectives: To assess the integration of an autologous composite fascia and fat graft implanted into the lamina propria of a porcine vocal fold using two different approaches.

Study Design: An experimental prospective study on the porcine larynx was conducted at a tertiary research institution.

Methods: An external cervical approach was used to expose the thyroid cartilage of 24 healthy minipigs under general anesthesia.

Transventricular chondroplastic laryngotomy--a new surgical technique for the endolarynx.

Current surgical techniques for laryngeal exposure pose distinct limitations. To address these issues, this article describes a novel surgical technique. Our technique, termed Transventricular Chondroplastic Laryngotomy, allows for extensive and direct external access to the endolarynx.