Dr. Nupur Kapoor's Blog

Thyoplasty: Know you voice

Imagine getting up one fine morning with no voice. A term referred to in medical circles as ?Aphonia?. That?s exactly what happened to Tanya (name changed) one week ago due to paralysis of one of her vocal folds. In her case the diagnosis of ?idiopathic vocal fold palsy? has been made, which is another way [...]

Management of Voice Disorders

Medication is warranted in laryngitis and laryngopharyngeal reflux.Voice therapy is the first line of management for vocal fold nodules, early polyps, ventricular phonation, bowed vocal fold and vocal fold...

Airway Surgery

When a growth is very large and blocking most of the airway, the patient becomes breathless. This is a clip of a patient who had papillomas on the vocal folds caused by the HPV virus. The tumour is debulked using a microdebrider system.

Stenosis of the airway may follow prolonged intubation, trauma or certain disease conditions. This again produces breathlessness and may need endoscopic laser or external surgery with stenting as its management.

Surgery for Subglottic Stenosis