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Methods: A retrospective study was carried out on patients who underwent transoral surgery due to benign vocal fold lesions and were selected according to strict criteria. Patients were divided into a group with sulcus vocalis (Group wSV) and a group without sulcus vocalis (Group w\/oSV). The possible correlations between variables were assessed by the Pearson chi-square test (p &lt; 0.05). Results: The study included 232 vocal cord lesions in 229 patients: 62.88% were females whose mean age was 46.61 \u00b1 14.04. The most frequent diseases were polyps (37.94%), nodules (18.53%) and Reinke\u2019s edema (21.12%). Statistically significant relationships were found between age and SV (p-value 0.0005) and between mild dysplasia and SV (p-value 0.03). Conclusions: This study did not detect a cause\u2013effect relationship between SV and benign vocal fold lesions. SV within vocal fold lesions is more common in younger patients, suggesting a congenital nature of SV. In conclusion, in the case of a benign vocal fold lesion, a possible SV should be considered and researched to provide the patient the best healthcare.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph20095654","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,27]],"date-time":"2023-04-27T02:18:34Z","timestamp":1682561914000},"page":"5654","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Sulcus Vocalis and Benign Vocal Cord Lesions: Is There Any Relationship?"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1072-0736","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carmelo","family":"Saraniti","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gaetano","family":"Patti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1940-5281","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Barbara","family":"Verro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostic, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1087","DOI":"10.1288\/00005537-198509000-00014","article-title":"Epidermoid cysts, sulci, and mucosal bridges of the true vocal cord: A report of 157 cases","volume":"95","author":"Bouchayer","year":"1985","journal-title":"Laryngoscope"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"S17","DOI":"10.1016\/S0385-8146(83)80002-9","article-title":"Vocal fold furrows. 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