Laryngomalacia — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Routine indications for a _____ tracheostomy is Laryngo-tracheal stenosis, Juvenile onset respiratory papillomatosis and Crush injury to larynx.

Answer: low

Flashcard 2: _____ is required in cases of severe laryngomalacia.

Answer: Supraglottoplasty

Flashcard 3: Expiratory stridor is seen in _____ lesions.

Answer: sublaryngeal

Flashcard 4: Treatment for internal laryngocele is _____

Answer: marsupialization or endoscopic CO2 resection

Flashcard 5: _____ laryngocele is confined within the larynx and presents as distension of false cord and aryepiglottic fold

Answer: Internal

Flashcard 6: Inspiratory stridor is seen in _____glottic lesions.

Answer: supra

Flashcard 7: The given lesion of the vocal cords is a laryngeal _____

Answer: papilloma

Flashcard 8: Type _____ thyroplasty or lateralization is done for adductor spasmodic dysphonia

Answer: II

Extra: Isshiki Classification of Thyroplasty: - **Type I: Medialization** (e.g., Unilateral vocal cord paralysis/RLN palsy) - **Type II: Lateralization** (e.g., Adductor spasmodic dysphonia) - **Type III: Relaxation/Shortening** (to lower pitch, e.g., androphonia) - **Type IV: Stretching/Lengthening** (to raise pitch, e.g., puberphonia)

Flashcard 9: Laryngeal papillomas are usually _____ lesions in adults

Answer: single

Flashcard 10: Biphasic stridor is seen in lesions of _____, subglottis and cervical trachea

Answer: glottis