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META-ANALYSIS
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Surgery for pediatric vocal cord paralysis: a meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE: The study goal was to determine the impact of various surgical procedures for bilateral vocal cord paralysis in children by using established principles of meta-analysis.

STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: We conducted a retrospective review of the literature in which a predetermined protocol was used to identify articles for meta-analysis. Six articles met inclusion criteria, and pertinent data were extracted.

RESULTS: Pooled data analysis demonstrated primary procedure-specific decannulation rates for external arytenoidopexy for 19 of 24 (79%), external arytenoidectomy for 14 of 19 (74%), CO2 laser arytenoidectomy for 4 of 10 (40%), and costal cartilage graft procedures for 2 of 2 (100%). External arytenoid procedures are more efficacious than CO2 laser procedures in terms of primary decannulation (P = 0.02).

CONCLUSION: Meta-analysis of the existing literature reveals that external arytenoidopexy and external arytenoidectomy are equivalently effective procedures and that the two combined are significantly more effective than CO2 ablative procedures.

SIGNIFICANCE: External procedures appear to be more effective as a first-line treatment in pediatric vocal cord paralysis, with arytenoidopexy with or without partial arytenoidectomy offering an attractive first-line surgical option.

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