title: Laryngeal examination in thyroid and parathyroid surgery: An American Head and Neck Society consensus statement: AHNS Consensus Statement.
abstract: This American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) consensus statement discusses the techniques of laryngeal examination for patients undergoing thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy. It is intended to help guide all clinicians who diagnose or manage adult patients with thyroid disease for whom surgery is indicated, contemplated, or has been performed. This consensus statement concludes that flexible transnasal laryngoscopy is the optimal laryngeal examination technique, with other techniques including laryngeal ultrasound and stroboscopy being useful in selected scenarios. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38: 811-819, 2016.
authors.affiliation: Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Catherine F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Sinclair
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky.
authors.forename: Jeffrey M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bumpous
authors.affiliation: University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
authors.forename: Bryan R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Haugen
authors.affiliation: University of Caldas, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia, South America.
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chala
authors.affiliation: Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meltzer
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
authors.forename: Barbra S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Imperial College of London, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Neil S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Tolley
authors.affiliation: Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Jennifer J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, Illinois.
authors.forename: Gayle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Woodson
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Gregory W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Randolph
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007830:Larynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care; D049489:Stroboscopy; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: larynx; recurrent laryngeal nerve; thyroidectomy; vocal fold paralysis; voice