Speech Therapy and Functional Dysphonia After Thyroidectomy (LSCC)

Institute of Hospitalization and Scientific Care (IRCCS)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Functional Dysphonia

Treatments: Behavioral: Pre-operative counselling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05963178

5604

Details and patient eligibility

About

Following a thyroidectomy, voice and swallowing alterations, which more frequently would appear to be caused by lesions of the laryngeal nerve, may occur. But, voice and swallowing changes can also occur in the absence of lesions of the inferior laryngeal nerve or the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve, defining a condition called central compartment syndrome or functional post-thyroidectomy syndrome. It has been demonstrated that, in the presence of the aforementioned syndrome, the quality of the voice undergoes a deterioration immediately after thyroidectomy surgery with a lowering of pitch.

The purpose of this study will be to verify the effects of early speech therapy, including pre-operative speech therapy counseling (during which the patient will be provided with indications to be implemented in the immediate post-operative period).

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• awaiting Total Thyroidectomy surgery
• able to sign a written consent

Exclusion criteria

• Under the age of 21 or over the age of 65
• Previous vocal cord paralysis
• History of vocal or laryngeal pathologies that have required therapy
• Presence of speech disorders or lung pathologies
• Previous neck surgery
• Presence of malignant diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 1 patient group

Cohort

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pre-operative counselling