Voice outcomes of transoral robotic thyroidectomy: Comparison with conventional trans-cervical thyroidectomy
- Title
- Voice outcomes of transoral robotic thyroidectomy: Comparison with conventional trans-cervical thyroidectomy
- Author
- 송창면
- Keywords
- Voice; Transoral approach; Robotic thyroidectomy; Remote-access thyroidectomy; Thyroid neoplasm
- Issue Date
- 2020-08
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER
- Citation
- ORAL ONCOLOGY, v. 107, article no. 104748
- Abstract
- Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the short-term voice outcomes of transoral robotic thyroidectomy (TORT) and trans-cervical thyroidectomy.
Materials and methods: The acoustic parameters and the voice handicap index (VHI)-10 scores were compared between the two groups preoperatively, and 1 week, 1 month, and 3 months postoperatively.
Results: Forty-two patients in the TORT group and 47 patients in the trans-cervical group completed the VHI-10 questionnaire and acoustic analysis. The highest frequency and pitch range was higher and broader, respectively, in the TORT group than in the trans-cervical group until 3 months after surgery. They were not significantly impaired by surgery in the TORT group. The postoperative VHI-10 score was not significantly different between the two groups at any time point. Surgical approach (TORT vs. trans-cervical) and age were independent factors related to highest frequency and pitch range in multiple regression analysis.
Conclusion: TORT has advantages of excellent postoperative voice outcomes compared to trans-cervical thyroidectomy in the short-term period.
- URI
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1368837520301846?via%3Dihubhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/170312
- ISSN
- 1368-8375; 1879-0593
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104748
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