Objective To compare the efficacy of reinnervation and non-reinnervation surgery in the treatment of vocal cord paralysis( VCP). Methods 1 Of the 21 cases of unilateral vocal cord paralysis( UVCP),15 were treated with reinnervation( recurrent laryngeal nerve decompression,anastomosis of ansa cervicalis nerve and recurrent laryngeal nerve,anastomosis of end to end of recurrent laryngeal nerve,nerve muscular pedicle technique to lateral cricoarytenoid muscle),and 6 were treated with non-reinnervation( vocal c...