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. 2023 Apr 26;43(2 Suppl 1):S84–S94. doi: 10.14639/0392-100X-suppl.1-43-2023-11

Table V.

Rates of failure and relapses of spasmodic dysphonia after surgery and botulinum toxin injection.

Author, Year Treatment Patients Follow-up lenght Relapses (%) Post-surgical voice therapy Relapses treatment
Aronson et al., 1983 75 LNR 33 36 months 21 (63.64%) n/a Not reported
Berke et al., 1999 76 SLAD-R 21 36 months 4 (19.05%) n/a 1/4 (25%) BTX, 1/4 (25%) collagen injection, 1/4 (25%) TMN, 1/4 voice therapy
Smith et al., 2000 77 BTX-ona 2 3-7 years 2 (100%) n/a No further treatment
Galardi et al., 2001 78 BTX-ona, BTX-abo 15 3.53 years (1-8) 12 (80%) pt had ³ 1 non effective injection n/a n/a
Park et al., 2003 79 BTX-ona 71 5 years 6 (8.45%) n/a n/a
Isshiki et al., 2004 80 TPII 25 3-6 months 1 (4.0%) n/a Revision TPII with TB (1/1, 100%)
Chhetri et al., 2006 81 SLAD-R 83 49 months 12 (14.46%) n/a 5/12 (41.67%) BTX; 7/12 (58.33%) not reported
Cannito et al., 2008 82 BTX-ona 42 3-6 weeks 7 (16.67%) all over 70 years of age n/a n/a
Sanuki et al., 2009 83 TPII 90 12-36 months 7 (7.78%) 1 2/7 (28.57%) removal of goretex or TB, no revision surgery; 5/7 (71.43%) new TB
Su et al., 2010 84 TMN 29 31 (12-63) months 11 (37.93): 3 (10.34%) unsuccessful surgery n/a Revision TMN (7/8, 87.5%)
Sanuki et al., 2010 85 TPII 10 17.6 (7-25) months 0 (0.0%) n/a -
Tsuji et al., 2012 86 TMN 15 31 (4-96) months 2 (13.33%) n/a n/a
Nomoto et al., 2015 87 TMN vs TPII 65 (30 TMN, 35 TPII) 6 months 1 TMN (3.33%) n/a Revision TMN 1/1 (100%)
Schuering et al., 2020 88 TMN 22 30 months 10 (45.45%) n/a TMN 10/10 (100%)
Zhao et al., 2020 89 BTX-ona 131 n/a 67 (12%) injections n/a n/a
Kohli et al., 2022 90 BTX-inc 9 2.56 months 4 non responders n/a n/a

TMN: thyroarytenoid myoneurectomy; TPII: thyroplasty type II; TB: titanium bridge; SLAD-R: selective laryngeal adductor denervation-reinnervation; LNR: laryngeal nerve resection; BTX-ona: onabotulinumtoxinA (Botox®); BTX-inc: incobotulinumtoxinA (Xeomin®, “naked” toxin with no surrounding proteins); BTX-abo: abobotulinumtoxinA (Dysport®).