Rizwan Ullah Chattha, Sarfraz Latif, Shabana Rizwan, Malik Ijaz Ahmed.
Functional Aphonia: a New Approach to Treatment.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;6(2):337-9.

Background: Aphonia in young females is attributed as functional pathology. Objective: To document the new treatment modality for functional aphonia in young females. Setting and Design: Retrospective study in ENT department of Sargodha Medical College Sargodha. Subjects & methodology: Records of these young female patients presenting with aphonia from January 2008 to December 2010 was collected, new treatment modality and its results were analyzed. Results: The success rate of the procedure was around 91.3% Conclusion: In treating aphonia vocal card stretching with Fiber optic Laryngoscope is required and it is excellent in results, cost and time saving procedure too.

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