Pediatric voice disorders at Hospital Dona Estefânica: Casuistic before and after distal chip videolaryngoscopy
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https://doi.org/10.34631/sporl.1054Keywords:
Dysphonia, Voice Disorders, Laryngoscopes, Stroboscopy, PediatricsAbstract
Objective: To describe the casuistic of the Voice Unit at Hospital Dona Estefânia and compare the diagnoses obtained with flexible fiberoptic videolaryngoscopy and distal chip flexible videolaryngoscopy.
Study design: Retrospective observational study.
Material and Methods: Review of clinical records from patients first evaluated from September 2018 to December 2021.
Results: Videolaryngoscopy was obtained in 78.1% of the 73 studied children. The following diagnoses were made: vocal fold nodules (42.5%),laryngopharyngeal reflux (12.3%), muscle tension dysphonia (9.6%), corditis (2.7%), vocal fold cyst (2.7%) and vocal fold polyp (1.4%). There was nostatistically significant difference in the diagnoses made using distal chip videolaryngoscopy, but we noticed a decrease in the proportion of vocal fold nodules and normal laryngoscopies and an increase in the proportion of laryngopharyngeal reflux (p = 0.479).
Conclusion: Distal chip videolaryngoscopy did not change the diagnoses made in children with chronic dysphonia.
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