Swallowing and Voice Outcomes After Thyroidectomy

Ege University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Functional Voice and Swallowing Outcomes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03436186

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Details and patient eligibility

About

Impairment in voice and swallowing functions are common after thyroidectomy. The investigators aimed to evaluate the objective functional voice and swallowing outcomes in a series of patients undergoing thyroidectomy.

according to the study, even in the absence of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, subjective and objective swallowing and voice alterations do occur after thyroidectomy.

Full description

A total of 43 consenting patients who underwent thyroidectomy were prospectively recruited. Subjective evaluation of swallowing was assessed with 'Swallowing Impairment Score' and 'MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory'. Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) was applied for objective evaluation. Also, functional oral intake scale (FOIS) and functional outcome swallowing scale (FOSS) were used for swallowing assessment. Voice evaluation was assessed with videostrobolaryngoscopy (VSL) and 'The Multi-Dimensional Voice Program (MDVP)' was used for capturing and analyzing the voice samples. All evaluations were performed preoperatively and on 1st day, 2nd week and 6th months postoperatively.

Enrollment: 43 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 27 to 78 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients undergoing thyroidectomy

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who were diagnosed with thyroid carcinoma preoperatively
• Having history of previous neck surgery,
• History of radiotherapy at head and neck region,
• Vocal cord paralysis,
• neuromuscular dysfunction,
• larynx, esophagus and chest pathology
• who did not want to be involved in the study

Trial design

43 participants in 1 patient group

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Description:

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