Vocal Polyps

Vocal Polyps are benign swellings arising from the free edge of the vocal fold. They are more common in men than women and are commonly associated with smoking or gastroesophageal reflux.

Appropriate conservative management in the first instance involves acid suppression by way of medication. If acid soiling of the larynx can be eliminated somewhere, between a fifth and one third of these polyps resolve of their own accord.

Those polyps that do not resolve after an appropriate trial of medical management are best treated by microsurgical excision and histopathological evaluation.