Purpose The purpose of this study was to perform a comprehensive systematic review of the
literature on voice-related patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures in adults and to …

US shows promise as an adjunctive modality to support assessment of swallowing. With
standardisation, these measurements may have potential for transition into clinical care …

Objectives The present study sought to determine the validity, reliability, and responsiveness
of the Brazilian Portuguese Voice Symptom Scale (VoiSS) and also identify characteristics of …

Objective Postthyroidectomy voice and swallowing symptoms (PVSS) may occur even in
absence of laryngeal nerve injuries, which remains poorly understood. The objective of this …

Objective: We analyzed the changes in voice-and swallowing-related symptoms that
occurred over time in patients who underwent thyroidectomy and identified any associated …

Several thyroid disorders can cause compressive symptoms and hoarseness. Superior
and/or recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during thyroidectomy is the main cause of various …

Purpose The current review was conducted to identify all self-report questionnaires on
functional health status (FHS) and/or health-related quality-of-life (HR-QoL) in adult …

Introduction During examination of the vocal cords (VC) using transcutaneous laryngeal
ultrasonography (TLUSG), 3 sonographic landmarks (namely, false VC [FC], true VC [TC] …

Introduction: Patients with hoarseness of voice, previous neck operation, or suspicion of
malignancy are at high risk of having pre-thyroidectomy vocal cord (VCP) palsy. Therefore …

Background The present study was performed to determine whether thyroidectomy patients
undergoing general anesthesia provided with a laryngeal mask airway (LMA) have a lower …