The results of steroid injection on vocal fold polyps
Zeynep Aydoğdu1, Ziya Saltürk1, Güven Yıldırım1, Tolgar Lütfi Kumral1, İmran Aydoğdu2, Erdi Özdemir1, Yavuz Uyar1
1Okmeydanı Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Kulak Burun Boğaz Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye
2Bahçelievler Devlet Hastanesi Kulak Burun Boğaz Kliniği, İstanbul, Türkiye
Keywords: Injection, steroid, vocal polyp.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the results that we obtained after injection of steroid into vocal fold polyps.
METHODS: Clinical data on 18 patients (12 males, 6 females; mean age 34.4 years; range 25 to 56 years) who had received triamcinolone injections into vocal fold polyps between March and June 2015 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were examined at first and third weeks, and third months, after treatment, with videolaryngostroboscopy being performed at the last visit.
RESULTS: All patients had unilateral vocal fold polyps. No any complication was seen after the operation.
CONCLUSION: Small polyps in vocal folds can be treated via intralaryngeal steroid injection.