Development of ultrasound based voice evaluation tool reflecting anatomic changes after thyroidectomy
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Neoplasms
- Registration Number
- KCT0002677
- Lead Sponsor
- CC Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 140
Inclusion Criteria
A 20-80 year old patient who was initially diagnosed with thyroid cancer and scheduled for surgery.
Patients who have not received prior radiation to the thyroid and head and neck regions.
Patients without an organic voice disorder such as pre-operative vocal cord paralysis, vocal cord nodules, etc.
Patients who have received sufficient explanation of the study and agreed
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who do not meet the above criteria.
patient who can not perform Laryngeal voice function ultrasonography and voice evaluation
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ? hyoid bone–thyroid cartilage length;? thyroid cartilage-cricoid cartilage length;? cricoidthyroid muscle thickness
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ? jitter; shimmer;noise-to-harmonic ratio;voice range profile;fundamental frequency;Vowel Space Area;Vowel Articulation Index;Formant;Formant bandwidth;voice handicap index questionnaire;GETS questionnaire (neck symptom);? Thyroid cancer quality of life questionnaire