Importance Intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM) is increasingly performed during thyroid
surgery. Objective To examine the use of IONM and its association with patient demographic …

Common complaints of patients who have received thyroidectomy include dysphonia (voice
dysfunction) and dysphagia (difficulty swallowing). One cause of these surgical outcomes is …

Objectives/Hypothesis To determine whether injection augmentation reduces the likelihood
of ultimately needing definitive framework surgery in unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) …

Resektionen der Schilddrüse stellen mit 76.140 Eingriffen im Jahr 2016 (Quelle Destatis)
eine der häufigsten Operationen in Deutschland dar. Überwiegend handelt es sich hierbei …

Objectives/Hypothesis The extralaryngeal branching of recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLN)
conveys an increased risk of nerve injury during thyroid surgery. We hypothesized that racial …

Background Steroids are often used for the management of vocal cord palsy after thyroid
surgery. There are no reports in the current literature of their intraoperative use, immediately …

Purpose Direct flexible laryngoscopy (DFL) is the golden standard to evaluate the vocal cord
(VC) function in thyroid and parathyroid surgery pre-and postoperatively. Transcutaneous …

Background Laryngeal dysfunction after thyroid and parathyroid surgery requires early
recognition and a standardized approach for patients that present with voice, swallowing …

Objective The aim of the study is to examine the correlation between weight, gender, and
race with external branch of superior laryngeal nerve (EBSLN) visualization. Furthermore …

The incidence of thyroid cancer is rising rapidly. In women, the incidence of thyroid cancer is
rising more rapidly than that of any other malignancy. According to the National Cancer …