Quality of Life and Voice Outcomes after Thyroid Ala Graft Laryngotracheal Reconstruction in Young Children

Abstract

This is the first study to explore and quantify longterm QOL and voice quality in children following LTR with thyroid ala graft at a very young age. Most patients had very good functional voice outcome as evidenced by the HUI3 and PVRQOL scores. This was corroborated by acoustic and perceptual voice assessments.