Complications of Laser Surgery of Larynx

Park, Byung-Kuhn; Lee, Sang-Joon; Chung, Phil-Sang

J Korean Soc Laryngol Phoniatr Logop > Volume 22(1); 2011 > Article

Journal of The Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics 2011;22(1): 30-33.

레이저를 이용한 후두 수술의 합병증

박병건¹, 이상준², 정필상²

¹건양대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실
²단국대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

Complications of Laser Surgery of Larynx

Byung-Kuhn Park¹, Sang-Joon Lee², Phil-Sang Chung²

¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Konyang University
²Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery College of Medicine, Dankook University

ABSTRACT

Laser is a relatively recent addition to laryngeal surgery. Since their invention, laser use and applications have expanded rapidly. The use of lasers in surgery has offered a time- and cost-efficient alternative to cold surgical techniques and has been used in the treatment of numerous laryngeal pathologies, including stenoses, recurrent respiratory papillomatosis, leukoplakia, nodules, malignant laryngeal disease, and polypoid degeneration (Reinke's edema). Despite the notable benefits, laser surgery is not without disadvantages. Laser heat can increase scarring and cause damage to adjacent tissue. With laser laryngeal microsurgery, there is potential for airway fire, endolaryngeal bleeding, perichondritis, chondritis, granuloma, surgical emphysema, laryngeal stenosis and web formation, postoperative edema and swallowing problem. Surgeons should be known about these complications and could manage properly.

KEY WORDS： Laser;Larynx;Complications;

중심 단어： 레이저;후두;합병증;