Microlaryngoscopy – under Local Anaesthetic (LA) | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2020年7月5日—WhatisaMicrolaryngoscopy?...Amicrolaryngoscopyisaproceduretolookatyourvoicebox(larynx),usingsomeformofmagnifiedimaging ...

Your surgeon has recommended a Microlaryngoscopy under Local Anaesthetic. However, it is your decision to go ahead with the operation or not. This document will give you information about the benefits and risks to help you to make an informed decision. If you have any questions that this document does not answer, ask your surgeon or healthcare team.

The larynx (voice box) prevents for and drink from going down your windpipe to your lungs. It has two vocal cords that vibrate when air passes over them to give you your voice. The larynx also opens and narrows to help regulate your breathing.

A microlaryngoscopy is a procedure to look at your voice box (larynx), using some form of magnified imaging whether it is a microscope or rigid telescope through the mouth, or a flexible telescope through the nose. In this cas...