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The vocal folds in abduction and during phonatory adduction on rigid strobolaryngoscopic examination. Most examiners found a left-sided (97%) paresis involving the recurrent laryngeal nerve (74%). Examiners indicated decreased VF abduction, slow/sluggish VF movement, and decreased VF adduction as the most compelling clinical findings in diagnosis. Credit: © The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.

The vocal folds in abduction and during phonatory adduction on rigid strobolaryngoscopic examination. Most examiners found a left-sided (97%) paresis involving the recurrent laryngeal nerve (74%). Examiners indicated decreased VF abduction, slow/sluggish VF movement, and decreased VF adduction as the most compelling clinical findings in diagnosis. Credit: © The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.

The vocal folds in abduction and during phonatory adduction on rigid strobolaryngoscopic examination. Most examiners found a left-sided (97%) paresis involving the recurrent laryngeal nerve (74%). Examiners indicated decreased VF abduction, slow/sluggish VF movement, and decreased VF adduction as the most compelling clinical findings in diagnosis.
Credit: © The American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc.

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