Effect of voice therapy with or without transcutaneous electrical stimulation on recovery of injured macroscopically intact recurrent laryngeal nerve after thyroid surgery

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00843989:_____/20:E0108357

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00405-020-05806-1.pdf" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00405-020-05806-1.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-05806-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00405-020-05806-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Effect of voice therapy with or without transcutaneous electrical stimulation on recovery of injured macroscopically intact recurrent laryngeal nerve after thyroid surgery

Original language description

Purpose Electrical stimulation-supported therapy is an often used modality. However, it still belongs to experimental methods in the human larynx. Data are lacking with which to evaluate the real effect in recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. The aim of this study was to investigate whether transcutaneous electrical stimulation added to voice therapy has a beneficial effect compared to voice therapy alone on vocal fold movement recovery in the case of an injured macroscopically intact recurrent laryngeal nerve. Methods Adults with unilateral vocal fold paralysis after thyroidectomy, in which the recurrent laryngeal nerve was left macroscopically intact, were included in this case-control study performed in tertiary referral hospital between September 2006 and June 2018. Among 175 eligible participants, 158 were included. Compliance with 6 months follow-up was 94.3%. Interventions: medicament therapy and voice therapy (group 1) vs. medicament therapy and voice therapy and transcutaneous electrical stimulation (group 2). Main outcome: vocal fold movement. Results A total of 149 patients were included in the analysis (group 1, 89 patients; group 2, 60 patients). The groups were homogenous. In groups 1 and 2, 64% and 60% of vocal folds, respectively, were improved after 6 months (P = 0.617). No difference was found between patients who improved and patients who did not improve. Conclusions Adding transcutaneous electrical stimulation to voice therapy provided no beneficial effect on the recovery of vocal fold movement. Therefore, its indications should be re-evaluated; it is questionable whether stimulation should be routinely recommended.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30206 - Otorhinolaryngology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

EUR ARCH OTO-RHINO-L

ISSN

0937-4477

e-ISSN

1434-4726

Volume of the periodical

277

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

933-938

UT code for WoS article

000509142500004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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