ArticleWorld journal of surgery2018
Transcutaneous Laryngeal Ultrasonography for Laryngeal Immobility Diagnosis in Patients with Voice Disorders After Thyroid/Parathyroid Surgery.
Article in World journal of surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03976011 (Validation and Optimization Methods for a Quantitative Characterization of Motion Abnormalities of the Larynx With Echography), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Validation and Optimization Methods for a Quantitative Characterization of Motion Abnormalities of the Larynx With Echography
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- Ultrasonographic measurement of glottal area: A potential biomarker study in young Normophonic adults.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Article
- Surgeon-performed transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasound for vocal cord assessment after total thyroidectomy: a prospective study : Original article.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2024Observational
- Assessment of pre-extubating recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy using ultrasound in postoperative patients with esophageal cancer: a prospective observational study.Journal of anesthesia · 2024Observational
- A Prospective Study Evaluating the Feasibility and Accuracy of Post-operative Laryngeal Ultrasonography (LUSG) in Assessment of Vocal Cord Function After Esophagectomy.World journal of surgery · 2023Article
- Normative data for certain vocal fold biomarkers among young normophonic adults using ultrasonography.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2023Article
- Clinical usefulness of transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasonography in otolaryngology practice during COVID-19 pandemic: a literature review.Journal of ultrasound · 2023Review
- Transcutaneous Laryngeal Ultrasound for Vocal Cord Paralysis Assessment in Patients Undergoing Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery-A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- The value of 1.5T MRI in the evaluation of vocal fold mobility in patients with goiter.European journal of radiology open · 2021Article
- Vocal Cord Palsies Missed by Transcutaneous Laryngeal Ultrasound (TLUSG): Do They Experience Worse Outcomes?World journal of surgery · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundTranscutaneous laryngeal ultrasonography (TLUS) was recently developed to assess recurrent nerve palsy after thyroid/parathyroid surgery, with variable rates of efficiency. The aim of the current study was to evaluate this technique using subjective estimation and post-processing quantitative data.
methodsFifty subjects presenting with a recurrent nerve palsy and 50 "controls" presenting with voice, swallowing, or breathing disorders following thyroid/parathyroid surgery were prospectively included. All of them underwent a flexible laryngoscopy, considered the gold standard, and a ten-second TLUS clip within the 10 days following surgery. In addition to the subjective interpretation of vocal fold motion, two quantitative criteria taking into account motion symmetry (symmetry index, SI) and amplitude (mobility index) of the two hemi-larynges were defined on TLUS acquisitions in adduction and abduction.
resultsThe subjective interpretation provided a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 96%, compared to the gold standard. The quantitative criteria provided a sensitivity and specificity of both 82%, when based on SI solely. When combining SI and mobility index, the sensitivity reached 94%, but the specificity fell to 66%.
conclusionsVisual assessment of recurrent nerve palsy using TLUS after thyroid/parathyroid surgery appeared a high sensitive and specific test compared to flexible laryngoscopy. Quantitative criteria are promising and need to be refined to better describe the whole TLUS video clip.
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