갑상선 수술 후 음성 변화

• 영문명: Voice-related Outcome after Thyroidectomy
• 발행기관: 대한내분비외과학회
• 저자명: 홍종철 이형신¹ 김성원² 이강대² Jong-Chul Hong M.D. Hyoung-Shin Lee M.D.¹ Sung- Won Kim M.D.² and Kang-Dae Lee M.D.²
• 간행물 정보: 『The Koreran journal of Endocrine Surgery』11권3호, 175~178쪽, 전체 4쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 일반외과학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.09.30

영문 초록

Purpose: Vocal symptoms have been reported after thyroidectomy and even in the absence of injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve or the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the subjective and objective voice changes in patients without laryngeal nerve injury after thyroidectomy. Methods: The subjects had undergone total thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma from November 2007 to December 2008. Twenty-eight subjects (males: 8, females: 20) were selected for this study. Voice analysis was prospectively evaluated in the subjects at the time of preoperation and postoperation (10.8 months for the males and 11.7 months for the females). A subjective analysis was done using the visual analogue scale (VAS, 0: no symptom, 10: severe symptoms) and objective analyses were determined by several parameters such as the fundamental frequency (Fo), jitter, shimmer and the noise to harmonic ratio (NHR) using the multi-dimensional voice program. Maximum phonation time (MPT)was performed as an aerodynamic test. Results: 3 patients (37.5%) among the males and 14 patients (70%) among the females had subjective postoperative voice change. The VAS showed a significant difference for the females (0 to 1.25±0.97, P＜0.001), whereas no changes were shown for the males (0 to 0.88±1.25, P＞0.05). The vocal parameters (Fo, jitter, shimmer, NHR) and MPT showed no significant changes for both the males and females (P＞0.05). Conclusion: Subjective voice changes may occur after thyroidectomy without laryngeal nerve injury. Surgeons should take possible voice changes into consideration when informing patients before thyroidectomy. (Korean J Endocrine Surg 2011;11:175-178)

키워드

음성변화, 음성지수, 갑상선절제술,Voice change, Vocal parameter, Thyroidectomy