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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2023; 27(02): e191-e196
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1768205
Original Research

Treatment Results of Vocal Process Granuloma: Intubation versus Contact Granuloma

Joo Hyun Woo 
1   Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Gachon University College of Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Seongnam, South Korea
,
Jae Hwan Oh
1   Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Gachon University College of Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Seongnam, South Korea
,
Byung Woo Lim
1   Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Gachon University College of Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Seongnam, South Korea
,
Dong Young Kim
1   Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Gachon University College of Medicine, Gil Medical Center, Seongnam, South Korea
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Abstract

Introduction Contact granulomas (CGs) and intubation granulomas (IGs) are known to have different clinical manifestations despite having the same pathological features.

Objective The purpose of the present study was to analyze the treatment results for CG and IG and to obtain clinical information.

Methods We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of patients diagnosed with vocal process granuloma (VPG) between January 2015 and December 2018. The patient's age, sex, medical history, lesion size, lesion type, reflux finding score (RFS), response to treatment, duration of treatment, and follow-up period were compared.

Results Eighteen patients with CG and 14 patients with IG were included in the study. The IG group had more female patients (p = 0.0009), showed better response to proton pump inhibitor (PPI) and steroid inhalation (SI) (p = 0.036), and had a shorter treatment period (p = 0.0029) than the CG group. Five patients who received botulinum toxin injections in their vocal cords had complete remission.

Conclusion Compared with CG, IG was more responsive to treatment with PPI and SI and required a shorter duration of treatment.

Keywords

vocal cord - contact - intubation - proton pump inhibitor - botulinum


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Eingereicht: 11. Juni 2020

Angenommen: 07. Januar 2021

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
28. April 2023

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