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Vocal Cord Paralysis

Causes

Malignant disease:
31%
Surgical trauma:
29%
Idiopathic:
24%
Non-surgical trauma: 7%
Inflammatory:
4%
Neurologic:
1%
Miscellaneous:
4%

Vagus Nerve
Superior laryngeal n. (SLN)
Recurrent laryngeal n. (RLN)

Pathophysiology
Semons Law
Wagner & Grossman Theory

Paralysis - 1
Hoarseness
Stridor
Aspiration

Paralysis - 2

SLN
RLN
SLN + RLN
SLN + SLN
RLN + RLN
SLN + RLN + SLN + RLN

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