Laryngeal Physiology and Voice Acoustics Are Maintained After Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy
Leder SB, Donovan P, Acton LM, Warner HL, Carling T, Alian AA, Udelsman R. Laryngeal Physiology and Voice Acoustics Are Maintained After Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy. Annals Of Surgery 2013, 257: 968-970. PMID: 23470579, DOI: 10.1097/sla.0b013e318288836b.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLaryngeal nerve injuryInvasive parathyroidectomyNerve injuryProspective single-arm studyRecurrent laryngeal nerve injurySuperior laryngeal nerve injurySerum calcium levelsSingle-arm studyVocal fold mobilityLaryngeal physiologyMaximum phonation timeVoice acousticsPrimary hyperparathyroidismGeneral anesthesiaPostoperative assessmentCure rateCalcium levelsPatientsIntrarater reliability testingOwn controlVocal functionDisease controlPhonation timeParathyroidectomyRelative average perturbation