Treatment Outcomes and Adverse Events Following In-Office Angiolytic Laser With or Without Concurrent Polypectomy for Vocal Fold Polyps.

ABSTRACT: Importance:In-office angiolytic laser procedures have been used successfully as an alternative treatment for vocal fold polyps; little is known in detail about the treatment outcomes and adverse events. Objective:To examine the outcomes and incidence rates of adverse events associated with in-office angiolytic laser procedures with or without concurrent polypectomy as an alternative treatment for vocal fold polyps. Design, Setting, and Participants:Retrospective cohort study at a tertiary medical center. We identified 114 consecutive patients with vocal polyps who underwent in-office angiolytic laser treatments between January 1, 2014, and August 31, 2016. After the exclusion of 17 with missing or incomplete data, 97 were enrolled. Interventions:In-office 532-nm laser procedures with or wi

SUBMITTER: Lin YH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885869 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature