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Self-inflicted laryngeal injuries are rare. This is a case of attempted suicide with a knife. The patient was brought into A&E and initial attempts at repair of the laryngo-skeletal structures were performed Later it became evident that the patient had an insensate hypofunctioning larynx. We present a technique aimed at rehabilitating the poorly functioning, incompetent larynx without the necessity for a permanent tracheostomy or laryngectomy. A single surgical procedure combining a cricopharyngeal myotomy, an anterior hyoid suspension and vocal fold angmentations was performed in an attempt to avoid a laryngectomy in non-malignant pathology. The long-term results of this surgery would need to be subjected to further evaluation.
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Banerjee, A.S., Shaaban, A.M., Gibson, D. et al. Post traumatic laryngeal incompetence. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 57, 260–261 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03008029
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