Complete and incomplete recurrent laryngeal nerve injury after thyroid and parathyroid surgery: Characterizing paralysis and paresis
Injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and consequent disorder of vocal fold movement is a typical complication in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. During postoperative laryngoscopy we observed not only a complete standstill (vocal fold paralysis), but also a hypomobility (paresis). In this prospective study, we investigated the difference in incidence and prognosis as well as risk-factors, intraoperative neuromonitoring, and symptoms between vocal fold paralysis and vocal fold paresis.
Source: Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Max Schneider, Valerie Dahm, Christian Passler, Elisabeth Sterrer, Gudrun Mancusi, Robert Repasi, Elisabeth Gschwandtner, Elisabeth Fertl, Laura Handgriff, Michael Hermann Source Type: research