[Comparison of results obtained by laser and conventional instrumentation in vocal surgery. Pseudomyxoma and nodules]. / Comparaison des résultats obtenus par le laser et l'instrumentation conventionnelle en phonochirurgie. Pseudomyxomes et nodules.

Surgery for pseudomyxoma or laryngeal nodules should always be as conservative as possible. This is obtained both by the use of the laser and conventional surgical techniques, results being analogous from the phoniatric point of view. From the technical aspect, however, the laser is a much simpler procedure.

[Laser and phonosurgery (author's transl)]. / Laser et phonochirurgie.

Six patients are presented as examples of investigation and treatment of dysphonic patients in the ENT Department of the Tenon hospital, Paris. Investigations include photography, recording and sometimes sonograms before and after treatment. The multiplication of similar records will eventually show whether laser surgery should be preferred to instrumental surgery.