Secção Interna do Ligamento Vocal - Nova Técnica para Tratamento do Sulco Vocal Internal Section of the Vocal Ligament - A New Technique for the Treatment of the Sulcus Vocalis

To present a new micro-surgical technique for the treatment of the sulcus vocalis defined as Internal Section of the Vocal Ligament. Material and Method: Study carried through from the analysis of the cases of patients submitted to the microsurgical treatment of the sulcus vocalis. Data and surgical results had been collected and analyzed through an evaluation protocol. All patients had been submitted to the microsurgical treatment of the sulcus vocalis for the technique of Internal Section of the Vocal Ligament. Results: Of the 12 patients, the majority was female, age range from 14 to 46 years old. Half of the patients presented bilateral sulcus. All the cases consisted of sulcus vocalis, tipe vergeture. Improvement of the vocal quality was achieved in all the patients, with complete closing of the glottic chink in the majority of cases (10 patients). Conclusion: