PREOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS: , Incompetent glottis.,POSTOPERATIVE DIAGNOSIS:,  Incompetent glottis.,OPERATION PERFORMED:,1.  Fat harvesting from the upper thigh.,2.  Micro-laryngoscopy.,3.  Fat injection thyroplasty.,FINDINGS AND PROCEDURE: , With the patient in the supine position under adequate general endotracheal anesthesia, the operative area was prepped and draped in a routine fashion.  A 1-cm incision was made in the upper thigh, and approximately 5 cc of fat was liposuctioned from the subcutaneous space.  After this had been accomplished, the wound was closed with an interrupted subcuticular suture of 4-0 chromic and a light compression dressing was applied.,Next, the fat was placed in a urine strainer and copiously washed using 100 cc of PhysioSol containing 100 units of regular insulin.  After this had been accomplished, it was placed in a 3-cc BD syringe and, thence, into the Stasney fat injector device.  Next, a Dedo laryngoscope was used to visualize the larynx, and approximately *** cc of fat was injected into the right TA muscle and *** cc of fat into the left TA muscle.,The patient tolerated the procedure well and was returned to the recovery room in satisfactory condition.  Estimated blood loss was negligible.surgery, dedo laryngoscope, physiosol, micro laryngoscopy, fat injection, fat harvesting, incompetent glottis, laryngoscopy, thyroplasty, glottis, thigh