Abstract A 55-year-old male with progressively wors-
ening hoarseness was found to have a vocal cord polyp of
[10 mm in diameter on the right true cord. It was neces-
sary to remove the polyp in order to prevent airway
obstruction by prolapse. However, the patient was a poor
candidate for resection by standard otolaryngologic pro-
cedures because of the large size of the polyp and because
he had a symptomatic cervical disc herniation. Therefore,
endoscopic resection under general anesthesia using a
bipolar electrocautery snare was selected. This case was
our first attempt to treat a vocal cord polyp using this
technique, and we found that polypectomy with the bipolar
snare was an efficient and safe method for the treatment of
this lesion.
Keywords Polypectomy Bipolar snare Vocal cord
polyp Head and neck Endoscopy