caa a22 4500 388084812 CHVBK 20180307125227.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199907 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100144731 doi S0022215100144731 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100144731 Are pre-operative vocal fold checks necessary? [Elektronische Daten] Over a 26-year period, from 1970 to 1995, 2250 pre-operative vocal fold checks were carried out by the ENT team at Manchester Royal Infirmary in patients undergoing thyroid, parathyroid and cardiothoracic surgery. A register was kept of all pre-operative fold checks. This register was retrospectively analysed and 23 vocal fold palsies were documented. In six of these patients the notes were either missing or incomplete. All of the remaining 17 patients had a history suggestive of vocal fold palsy. We suggest that in the absence of symptoms, either current or on history, a routine pre-operative vocal fold check is unnecessary. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Vocal cords nationallicence Laryngoscopy nationallicence Pre-operative care nationallicence Thyroidectomy nationallicence Green K. M. J. Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK de Carpentier J. P. Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Preston Hospital, UK The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/7(1999-07), 642-644 0022-2151 113:7<642 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100144731 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100144731 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Green K. M. J. Department of Otolaryngology, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Carpentier J. P. Department of Otolaryngology, Royal Preston Hospital, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/7(1999-07), 642-644 0022-2151 113:7<642 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge