Surgery for benign lesions of the glottis.

This article examines benign lesions of the glottis and adjacent structures commonly encountered in clinical practice. The goals of management are to understand the cause and the characteristics of these lesions and to provide the most conservative management possible. Nonsurgical management is selected, if possible, with surgical intervention reserved for refractory conditions. Traditional cold steel operative techniques as well as carbon dioxide laser techniques are discussed in this article.