Clinical study of 100 cases of hoarseness of voice: a hospital based study

Anchal Gupta; Padam Singh Jamwal

doi:10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20184179

Authors

Anchal Gupta Senior Resident, Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, SMGS Hospital, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Padam Singh Jamwal Professor, Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery, SMGS Hospital, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20184179

Keywords:

Hoarseness, Vocal nodule, Vocal polyp

Abstract

Background: Hoarseness is defined as roughness of voice resulting from variations of periodicity or intensity of consecutive sound waves. Hoarseness is a symptom not a disease.

Methods: The present study was carried out in the Department of ENT and Head and Neck Surgery, SMGS Hospital, Jammu over a period of 2 years from March 2016 to February 2018. During this period the patients who presented with hoarseness of voice were evaluated.

Results: Total 100 cases were studied. Average age group was found to be between 15-85 years. The number of female patients were 36 (36%) and male 64 (64%). In the present series the most common lesion was vocal nodule (30%) followed by vocal polyp (23%), squamous cell carcinoma (16%), papilloma (10%), Reinkes oedema (9%), keratosis (7%), vocal cord paralysis (4%) and laryngeal tuberculosis (1%).

Conclusions: Hoarseness is a common symptom of laryngeal dysfunction. The micro laryngeal surgery is a minimally invasive procedure used to correct voice disorder or other problems affecting the larynx.

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