Our office has moved!

We are excited to announce the relocation of our practice effective January 26, 2012! Our new office is located at 180 Newport Center Drive, Suite 158, Newport Beach, CA. For appointments, please call (949)266-1630.

Mariano Rivera - Vocal Cord Problems

http://tracking.si.com/2011/11/23/mariano-rivera-may-need-require-vocal-cord-scraping/


I am sharing this blog post from SI.com regarding Yankee star Mariano Rivera. While it sounds sexy, the term "scraping" is extremely inaccurate to describe the delicate process of surgery on the vocal folds. Phonomicrosurgery, the term we use to describe highly magnified and precise surgery of the vocal folds, is inaccurately described by this sports blogger. But we will have to excuse the blogger, because after all he is a sports writer rather than a medical one.

Singer Adele’s vocal cord surgery in Boston called a ‘success’

Singer Adele’s vocal cord surgery in Boston called a ‘success’

My fellowship mentor, Steven Zeitels, has been in the news this week after operating on the British singer Adele. She reportedly suffered a vocal hemorrhage from a benign vocal fold polyp.

Right Vocal Cord Paralysis

Granular Cell Tumor of the Larynx

Left Vocal Fold Granular Cell Tumor

Pictured is a left vocal fold granular cell tumor.  When this patient presented, the left vocal fold lesion was suspected to be either a mucoid cyst or polyp.  But during surgery it became obvious that the lesion was infiltrative and adherent to the underlying lamina propria, unlike a cyst or polyp.  This patient happened to be a professional singer, and underwent successful surgery to remove the lesion while preserving the voice.   The lesion was biopsied and then ablated with very narrow margins using the pulsed KTP laser.

Laryngeal Chondrosarcoma

Low Grade Cricoid Chondrosarcoma

Pictured in the photo is a low grade chondrosarcoma of the cricoid cartilage.  Chondrosarcomas generally behave like benign tumors, with slow local expansion but without distal spread or tissue invasion.  In the photo, you can see blunting of the posterior commisure, due to an expansive lesion of the posterior cricoid.

Voice and Swallowing Disorder Podcast

Please check out my Podcast, discussing voice and swallowing disorders.

http://www.healthradio.net/component/mtree/Health-Radio-Shows/Hoag-Hospital/Voice-and-Swallowing-Disorders-43197/details