Esophageal motility changes after thyroidectomy; Possible associations with postoperative voice and swallowing disorders: Preliminary results

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 926-932

  Scerrino, Gregorio ^a   Inviati, Angela ^a   Di Giovanni, Silvia ^a   Paladino, Nunzia Cinzia ^a   Di Paola, Valentina ^a   Re, Giuseppe Lo ^b   Almasio, Piero Luigi ^b   Cupido, Francesco ^a   Gulotta, Gaspare ^a   Bonventre, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Thyroidectomy; Voice impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROIDECTOMY; UPPER ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE DISORDER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; THYROID DISEASE; TIME; VOICE IMPAIRMENT;

DYSPHAGIA; THYROIDECTOMY; VOICE IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; VOICE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880456653     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813482299     Document Type: Article

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