Manual therapy for voice recovery after thyroid removal
Part of Ear, nose & throat clinical trials.
This study tests if a special hands-on therapy (manual therapy) can help your voice and throat muscles recover better after total thyroidectomy. It may reduce voice problems that sometimes happen after surgery.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are scheduled to have your entire thyroid gland removed (total thyroidectomy) for a benign or cancerous condition.
- You are 18 years or older.
- You speak English as your native language.
- You have not had voice therapy before.
- You do not smoke currently.
- You have no history of vocal cord problems (like paralysis, scarring, polyps, or nodules), prior neck or chest surgery, or radiation to the head/neck/chest area.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
Similar studies
Other trials that look related to this one.
This study tests whether using nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery helps protect the nerves that control your voice. It includes adults having one side of their thyroid removed and tracks voice changes before and after surgery.
This study tests whether using a flurbiprofen spray and ice cream after thyroid removal surgery helps reduce pain and improves voice recovery. You would receive these treatments and answer questions about your pain and voice quality over time.
This study tests whether a vitamin B12 medication called mecobalamin can help protect or improve vocal cord nerve function after thyroid surgery. It might help you recover your voice more quickly if you are at risk of nerve injury during the operation.
This trial tests if rinsing the surgical area with a steroid drug (dexamethasone) during thyroid surgery can help prevent damage to the nerve that controls your vocal cords. It may lower the risk of voice changes after surgery.
This study compares two surgical approaches for safely identifying and protecting the recurrent laryngeal nerve (a nerve that controls your voice) during thyroid removal. The goal is to determine which method best prevents voice changes after surgery.
This study looks at how your voice may change after a breathing tube is used during surgery. It focuses on people having thyroid, head and neck, or abdominal surgery to see if there are any voice changes that can be measured or noticed.
Hear when a new Total Thyroidectomy trial opens
We’ll email you when one opens — at most once a week, no account needed, unsubscribe anytime.