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A case of aphonia following a long-time endotracheal intubation is presented. The paramedian position of the left and the incomplete adduction of the right vocal cord were caused by a complete, respectively partial ankylosis of the cricoarytenoid joints. The ankylosis was the result of an arthritis during the intubation period. A nearly normal mobility of the vocal cords and a normal voice was achieved by translaryngeal injections of Fludrocortisone and Hyaluronidase into the cricoarytenoid joints and by their passive mobilisation.
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PMID:[The arthritis of the cricoarytenoid joint, a rare postintubation complication and its novel treatment (author's transl)]. 13 62

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the synovial membrane and causing joint damage and bone destruction. The symptoms of cricoarytenoid joint (CJ) arthritis often include hoarseness, and a sense of pharyngeal fullness in the throat. Sometimes, in cases with bilateral CJ involvement, an urgent tracheostomy might be required for acute airway obstruction. In this report, we describe a woman suffering from aphonia due to hampered adduction of the vocal fold which was caused by RA with unilateral CJ involvement. Arytenoid adduction surgery on the affected side was performed. She retrieved a normal voice immediately after the surgery.
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PMID:Arytenoid adduction to treat impaired adduction of the vocal fold due to rheumatoid arthritis. 1749 Aug 34