Journal
LARYNGOSCOPE
Volume 131, Issue 2, Pages 366-369Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/lary.29059
Keywords
Dysphonia; hoarseness; voice; stenosis; outcomes; subglottic stenosis
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Serial intralesional steroid injection (SILSI) is effective in improving both subjective symptoms and objective airflow parameters in patients with idiopathic subglottic stenosis (ISGS), and it also has an impact on voice changes. The research shows that SILSI is associated with improvement in subjective voice ratings in about half of patients, and the improvement correlates with improved airflow measurements.
Objectives Serial intralesional steroid injection (SILSI) is an emerging treatment for idiopathic subglottic stenosis (ISGS), providing improvement in both subjective symptoms and objective airflow parameters. Little is known about how this airway remodeling affects the voice. This project analyzes subjective voice changes after SILSI and correlates these with airflow parameters. Methods An ISGS database containing voice-related quality of life (V-RQOL) and spirometry (peak expiratory flow percentage [%PEF]) was retrospectively queried. Included were ISGS patients from 2009 to 2019 who had at least one SILSI treatment. Encounters without complete data were excluded. Differences between preprocedure and postprocedure metrics were calculated. Correlations and nonparametric bivariate analysis were performed. Results Six hundred and seventeen steroid injections were performed in 55 patients, with an average of 3.5 years of follow-up. The average V-RQOL for all patient encounters, both pre- and postprocedure, showed little subjective dysphonia (83.5 of 100, 95% confidence interval [CI] 81.6 to 85.4). Considering SILSI-only treatments, there were 143 encounters with full data; of these, V-RQOL improved in 70 (49.0%), did not change in 40 (28.0%), and worsened in 33 (23.0%). Average V-RQOL improvement for the entire cohort was 1.9 points (95% CI: 0.7 to 3.2), which was small but significant (P= .0003). Across all data, there was a weak but significant correlation between PEF% and V-RQOL (rho = 0.22,P= .0043). Conclusion SILSI was associated with improvement in subjective voice ratings in about half of patients, and the improvement correlated with improved airflow measurements. This research adds to the growing body of data regarding SILSI and suggests that further work on functional changes to the larynx with airway remodeling is imperative. Level of Evidence 4Laryngoscope, 2020
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