The Influence of Significant Weight Lost on the Quality of Voice

Kaplan Medical Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Voice Alteration; Obesity, Morbid

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03070808

0005-17-KMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The rate of obesity and bariatric surgery is rising steadily. Though Bariatric Surgery Influences on aspects such as endocrin analysis, finance, etc are well tested, quantitative and quality voice impacts have not been evaluated. The aim of the study is to recruit 50 patients who underwent bariatric surgery and compare voice quality in each of these patients before and after surgery.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Morbid obese
• Candidates for bariatric Surgery

Exclusion criteria

• History of benign \ malignant disease of the larynx.
• History of head and neck tumors
• History of radiation therapy of the neck
• BMI under 30 pre-surgery