Table 3.
Demographic and disease-related data for two study groups.
Medialization | Reinnervation | |
---|---|---|
N | 12 | 12 |
Age, median | 57 | 53 |
Range | 36 – 83 | 44 – 68 |
Female : Male | 8 : 4 | 5 : 7 |
Side left : right | 6 : 6 | 9 : 3 |
Site of Lesion | ||
Proximal (%) | 2 (17) | 2 (17) |
Middle | 3 (25) | 1 (8) |
Distal | 6 (50) | 4 (33) |
Unknown | 1 (8) | 5 (42) |
ACE-27 comorbidity score | ||
0 (no comorbid.) | 3 (25) | 6 (50) |
1 (mild comorbid.) | 4 (33) | 3 (25) |
2 (moderate comorbid.) | 5 (42) | 3 (25) |
3 (severe comorbid.) | 0 | 0 |
Pre-Rx voice quality | ||
“Good” : “Bad” | 7 : 5 | 5 : 7 |
Mean G+B† | 3.55 | 3.50 |
Months since onset, median* | 7.2 | 18.3 |
Range | 1.3 – 51.8 | 7.9 – 144.6 |
Smoker current / former | 2 / 4 | 2 / 5 |
Class V EMG | 4 | 3 |
MPT, median (seconds) | 4.7 | 4.4 |
Range | 1.8 – 25.4 | 2.1 – 11.8 |
Mean G+B is sum of G (grade) and B (breathiness) GRBAS subscores.
This is the only pre-treatment parameter in which where ML and LR groups were significantly different from each other (p=0.023)