Korean Journal of Head & Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회지)

The Korean Society for Head and Neck Oncology (대한두경부종양학회)
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Management of Vocal Cord Palsy during Thyroid Surgery

갑상선 수술 시의 성대마비의 처치

  • Choi Hong-Shik (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Logopedics & Phoniatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim Se-Heon (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Logopedics & Phoniatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Park Kuk-Jin (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Logopedics & Phoniatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim Kwang-Moon (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Logopedics & Phoniatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Hong Won-Pyo (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Institute of Logopedics & Phoniatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • 최홍식 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 음성언어의학연구소) ;
  • 김세헌 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 음성언어의학연구소) ;
  • 박국진 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 음성언어의학연구소) ;
  • 김광문 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 음성언어의학연구소) ;
  • 홍원표 (연세대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실, 음성언어의학연구소)
  • Published : 1998.05.01
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Abstract

Objectives, Materials & Methods: To prevent deterioration of postoperative voice due to iatrogenic transection of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during the thyroid surgery, intraoperative medialization of the membranous vocal cord by type I thyroplasty together with direct epineurial neurorraphy was done on 2 cases of benign thyroid lesion. To improve the quality of voice together with complete removal of advanced thyroid carcinoma, intraoperative vocal cord medialization on the lesion side together with total thyroidectomy was done by type I thyroplasty in 2 cases and combined procedure by arytenoid adduction and type I thyroplasty in another 2 cases. Results: The resultant voice of the iatrogenic injury cases was relatively tolerable. The voice of the combined procedure was better than that of type I thyroplasty cases for the intraoperative rehabilitation cases. Not only for the preoperative evaluation of the severity of the nerve lesion but also the prognosis will be expected by use of laryngeal EMG in the cases of thyroid cacer with vocal cord palsy. Conclusion: Intraoperative simultaneous rehabilitation for the vocal cord palsy during thyroid surgery is beneficial for the patients.

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