The arthritis of the cricoarytenoid joint, a rare postintubation complication and its novel treatment
Chilla, R.; Gabriel, P.
Laryngologie Rhinologie Otologie 55(5): 389-392
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0340-1588 PMID: 135162 Document Number: 99351
A case of aphonia following a long-time endotracheal intubation is presented. The paramedian position of the left and the incomplete adduction of the right vocal cord were caused by a complete, respectively partial ankylosis of the cricoarytenoid joints. The ankylosis was the result of an arthritis during the intubation period. A nearly normal mobility of the vocal cords and a normal voice was achieved by translaryngeal injections of Fludrocortisone and Hyaluronidase into the cricoarytenoid joints and by their passive mobilisation.