Glottic Rehabilitation With Teflon Injection—The Return of Voice, Cough and Laughter

Abstract

The injection of Teflon Glycerine mixture into a vocal cord is a procedure that can be learned by any competent laryngologist. It offers a relatively simple and an effective solution to the physiological problems of the non-closing glottis. The method has its most particular application in cases where there is a lateral lying paralyzed vocal cord. It is also useful in building up functioning scars after cordectomy. Occasionally it will help to correct cord deformities.

In the large majority of instances one may anticipate again normal cough, normal ability to strain, markedly improved or normal voice and the ability to laugh again—the attributes of a functioning glottic valve. With this we may anticipate that accidental aspiration should be correspondingly improved.