Thyroid Surgery
Conditions
Keywords
Thyroid surgery
Brief summary
During thyroid surgery the laryngeal recurrent nerves (and for this reason the voice quality) are at risk. Therefore intra operative continuous neuromonitoring could help to prevent harm to these nerves. Electromyographic data (EMG values) are collected during surgery (1). In the postoperative follow-up period detailed voice analysis is performed (2): subjective auditive perceptive evaluation and videostroboscopy. Analysis and comparison of (1) and (2) will be performed in order to find out if we can find a predictive correlation between the EMG data (1) and the voice quality (2).
Interventions
PROCEDUREContinuous nerve monitoring
Continuous nerve monitoring is performed during thyroid surgery.
Sponsors
University Hospital, Ghent
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patients (men/women) requiring thyroid surgery
Exclusion criteria
* patients younger than 18 years, patients with preoperative vocal cord anatomical and functional anomalies.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Detailed voice analysis to find a predictive correlation between the EMG data and the voice quality, after thyroid surgery. | 1 week after surgery | The primary outcome is to check if by continuous vagal nerve stimulation reversible damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve can be foreseen, and therefore avoided. The detailed voice analysis that is used, consist of subjective auditive perceptive evaluation and videostroboscopy. |
Countries
Belgium
Outcome results
None listed