Gauri Mankekar

Assistant Professor

Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Latest Contribution

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Hyaluronic acid injection laryngoplasty

6 January 2023 | | Laryngology / Swallowing / Voice | Hyaluronic acid, Injection laryngoplasty, Small-particle and large-particle hyaluronic acid, Unilateral vocal fold paralysis

This systematic review discusses the use of hyaluronic acid in injection laryngoplasties. Unilateral vocal cord paralysis leads to incomplete vocal fold adduction and dysphonia. For patients not improving with voice therapy, surgical procedures include injection laryngoplasty or open laryngeal framework...

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Endolymphatic sac tumours

6 January 2023 | | Neurotology, Otology, Skull Base Surgery | Endolymphatic sac tumor, House–Brackmann grading system, Pure tone audiometry, Von Hippel-Lindau disease

The authors performed a systematic review of literature and describe the clinical signs and symptoms of endolymphatic sac tumours (ELST) in this article. A total of 113 patients and 118 cases from 26 studies were included in the study. The...

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Post-total laryngectomy constipation

3 November 2022 | | Head and Neck | Chronic constipation, Cross-sectional study, Free jejunal, Total laryngectomy, Total laryngopharyngectomy

This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of chronic constipation post total laryngectomy (TL) and after total pharyngolaryngectomy (TPL). For the study, the authors used a self-completed patient questionnaire to evaluate the prevalence and factors related to it. Patients using opioids,...