title: [Dysphonia following strumectomy with normal respiratory movement of the vocal cords].
abstract: Voice function was phoniatrically investigated pre- and postoperatively in 66 patients undergoing thyroidectomy. Postoperatively we found a disturbance of the voice in 25 patients (43%), though there was a normal function of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Typical symptoms were a reduced average pitch of the speaking voice, a lowering of the upper and the lower limit of the range of pitch, a lower volume and a fast fatigue of the voice. Eight times the voice remained reduced, even 6 months postoperatively. The cause is not seen in a neural lesion but in a disturbance of the prelaryngeal musculature. The frequency of the voice changes emphasizes the importance of the phoniatric examination, especially in patients who need their voice professionally.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie, HNO-Klinik, Fakultät für Klinische Medizin Mannheim, BRD.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Keilmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hülse
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014827:Vocal Cords / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Dysphonie nach Strumektomie bei ungestörter respiratorischer Beweglichkeit der Stimmlippen.