Monitoring the Outcome of Phonosurgery and Vocal Exercises with Established and New Diagnostic Tools

Table 1

Pretherapeutic patient characteristics.

Characteristics	No. of all patients	% of total group (n = 152)	No. of male patients	% of male group (n = 50)	No. of female patients	% of female group (n = 102)
Gender
Male	50	33	—	—	—	—
Female	102	67	—	—	—	—
Age
Years (mean ± SD)	45 ± 16	—	43 ± 17	—	45 ± 15
Main voice use
Nonprofessional	66	43	22	44	44	43
Professional	86	57	28	56	58	57
Sociodemographic
Scholar	10	7	4	8	6	6
Student/apprentice	14	9	7	14	7	7
Employed	97	64	29	58	68	66
Unemployed	8	5	2	4	6	6
Pensioner	23	15	8	16	15	15
Overall hoarseness level (H)
H0 (not existing)	46	30	12	24	34	33
H1 (mild)	6	40	21	42	39	38
H2 (moderate)	27	18	10	20	17	17
H3 (severe)	19	12	7	14	12	12
Pathology classification
Functional dysphonia	51	34	15	30	36	35
Organic dysphonia	101	66	35	70	66	65
Rosen I (epithelium)	19	12	10	20	9	9
Rosen II (lamina propria)	41	27	7	14	34	33
Rosen III (arytenoid)	5	3	3	6	2	2
Rosen IV (other)	36	24	15	30	21	21
Organic diagnosis
Vocal fold paralysis	18	11.8	9	18.0	9	8.8
Vocal fold nodules	13	8.6	0	—	13	12.7
Vocal fold polyp	9	5.9	4	8.0	5	4.9
Reinke’s edema	9	5.9	0	—	9	8.8
Laryngeal papillomatosis	8	5.3	3	6.0	5	4.9
Marginal edema	6	3.9	2	4.0	4	3.9
Spasmodic dysphonia	6	3.9	0	—	6	5.9
Contact granuloma	5	3.2	3	6.0	2	2.0
Vocal fold atrophy	5	3.2	4	8.0	1	1.0
Hyperkeratosis	4	2.6	3	6.0	1	1.0
Leukoplakia	4	2.6	3	6.0	1	1.0
Sulcus vocalis	3	2.0	2	4.0	1	1.0
Glottal carcinoma (pT1a)	3	2.0	1	2.0	2	2.0
Vocal fold cyst	3	2.0	1	2.0	2	2.0
Varix cordis	1	0.7	0	—	1	1.0
Laryngotracheal stenosis	1	0.7	0	—	1	1.0
Glottal web	1	0.7	0	—	1	1.0
Traumatic laryngeal fracture	1	0.7	0	—	1	1.0
Bamboo nodes	1	0.7	0	—	1	1.0

Unless otherwise specified, data expressed as number of patients and percentage of group. Pathology classification according to Rosen and Murry [25], i.e., I: epithelium, e.g., leukoplakia, hyperkeratosis, CIS (=carcinoma in situ), carcinoma, and papillomatosis. II: lamina propria, e.g., Reinke’s edema, polyps, cysts, scars, and vascular malformation. III: arytenoid, e.g., granuloma and infection. IV: other, including movement disorders, hypo-/atrophy, and malformation as e.g., sulcus or glottal web.