Voice Change Following Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

Journal of Voice

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 765-772

  Meek, Pauline ^a   Carding, P N ^b,d   Howard, D H ^a   Lennard, T W J ^c,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multidimensional voice outcomes measures; Preoperative assessment; Preoperative nerve damage; Prospective assessment; SLN RLN complication; Thyroid parathyroid surgery; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; STROBOSCOPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCALIZATION; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; DYSPHONIA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; STROBOSCOPY; THYROIDECTOMY; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55549094113     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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