Lesão do nervo laringeo superior pos tireoidectomia sob anestesia local e hipnosedação : frequencia, alterações vocais e endoscopicas subsequentes da laringe / Superior laryngeal nerve injury after thyroidectomy under local anesthesia and hypnosedation : frequency, subsequent vocal and endoscopyc alteration of the larynx

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The lesion of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve is an important complication after thyroidectomy, because of the generally difficulty diagnosis and to the impact it causes because of the patient s impossibility of reaching high notes, especially in professionals who use their voices. The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of injuries of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve, comparing the intensity of dysphonia and changes of glottic rhyme in patients who underwent thyroidectomy under local anesthesia and hypnosedation. Thirty five patients were evaluated prospectively, consecutive and not randomized, who underwent thyroidectomy under local anesthesia and hypnosedation. All patients were submitted to an auditive perceptive evaluation of the voice, acoustic evaluation of voice and videolaryngostroboscopy before the surgery and post operative period at one week and also, 30 days after surgery. It was performed electromyography of the cricothyroid muscle bilaterally, on the thirtieth day of the postoperative period to confirm the injury of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. The electromyographic examination was considered gold standard for the diagnosis of lesion of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. The auditive perceptive evaluation and acoustic evaluation of voice had presented statistically significant alterations in the majority of the evaluated parameters, in relation to the periods before the surgery, postoperative one week after the surgery and one month after the surgery, considering the whole group or the group of women. It was evidenced oblique glottis in five patients in the preoperative period. In the postoperative period one week after the surgery, eight patients had oblique glottis and three of them had electromyographic diagnosis of injury to the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. The frequency of the lesion to the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve was temporary in 8.57% and definitive in 2.85% of the patients and 5,03% and 1.69%, considering respectively, 59 nerves at risk. The vocal alteration or the rhyme glottic deviation may occur in normal patients. So, are nonspecific in detecting lesions of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. Oblique glottis can be present in normal patients, but its appearance after thyroidectomy, may be indicative of the injury of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve

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tireoidectomia laringe anestesia local eletromiografia electromyography local anesthesia larynx thyroidectomy

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