Airway, Digestive and Voice Center - Treatments

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Common reasons for referral include:

• Airway evaluation.
• Flexible bronchoscopy.
• Airway reconstruction.
• Laryngomalacia.
• Airway neoplasms.
• Airway obstruction and obstructive sleep apnea.
• Vascular anomalies of the head and neck.
• Persistent coughing or recurrent pneumonia.
• Voice disorders (vocal fold nodules, polyps, papilloma and vocal fold paresis/paralysis).
• Micrognathia.

Assessment and treatment procedures include:

• Videostroboscopy.
• Pediatric phonosurgery.
• Vocal fold injection.
• Laryngoplasty.
• Resection of airway neoplasms.
• Surgery for airway obstruction and obstructive sleep apnea.
• Treatment for vascular anomalies of the head and neck.
• Repair of subglottic and tracheal stenosis.
• Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing.
• Mandibular distraction.