Radiofrequency Transoral Microsurgical Procedures in Benign and Malignant Laryngeal and Hypopharyngeal Lesions (Institutional Experiences)

Table 1

Histologically benign lesions and our findings.

Histologically benign lesions	Number of cases	Notes
Unilateral vocal cord pachydermia	4	Following irradiation, 1 hypopharynx, 1 vocal cord tumour
Unilateral vocal cord polyp	2	1 sessile, 1 pedunculated
Laryngeal papilloma	1	Monolateral vocal cord and anterior commissure localisation, complete removal
Laryngeal amyloidosis	2	Isolated amyloidosis on the vestibular fold
Laryngeal lipoma	1	On the right vestibular fold
Polyp at the oesophageal entrance	1	Following laryngectomy it disturbed implantation of the voice prosthesis
Tracheal stricture	1	At the level of the first tracheal cartilage
Postirradiation oedema of the laryngeal entrance	2	Focused treatment of the arytenoid area to improve swallowing