Table 2.
Maximum phonation time in healthy subjects, patients with vocal cord paralysis, and patients who underwent reconstruction of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (9).
| Healthy subjects | Patients with VCP | Patients with RLN reconstruction | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | No. of patients | 8 | 9 | 16 |
| MPT | 28.6±10.8 | 10.1±4.3 | 20.9±11.7 | |
| Female | No. of patients | 26 | 18 | 72 |
| MPT | 16.7±5.1 | 6.3±2.9 | 18.8±6.6 | |
MPT, maximum phonation time; values are mean ± SD (seconds). VCP, vocal cord paralysis; RLN, recurrent laryngeal nerve.