A study to determine role of ultrasound in detecting the functioning of voice box after thyroid surgery
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- ASA I/ II
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2017/02/007868
- Lead Sponsor
- AIIMS
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
patients scheduled for elective thyroid surgery
Exclusion Criteria
1.ASA III or more
2.Patients with psychiatric disorder
3.Preexisting neurological disease affecting vocal cord functions
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Tissue displacement velocity in the vibrating section of vocal foldTimepoint: 5 minutes, 2 hours and 2 days after completion of surgery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pulsed Doppler and Doppler gate to quantify tissue displacement velocity in the vibrating section of vocal fold. <br/ ><br>2.Adduction of vocal cords during valsalva maneuver and coughing. <br/ ><br>3.The relative height of arytenoids <br/ ><br>Timepoint: immediately after surgery and after 2 days