Goitres Influence on Voice Function - The Impact of Surgery
Goitres Influence on Voice Function - The Impact of Surgery
The aim of the study is to investigate the influence benign non-toxic goitre and the surgical
 treatment hereof on the voice function before and 6 months following surgery.
Inclusion criteria:

 -  Patients undergoing hemi- or total thyroidectomy for benign non-toxic goiter with
 pressure symptoms

 -  The patients must be able to understand, write and read Danish

 Exclusion criteria:

 -  Previous surgery to the neck

 -  Diabetes or any neuromuscular disorders.

 -  Present or previous head and neck malignancy, including malignancy found in the
 surgical thyroid specimen or suspicion hereof.