A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial of the Laryngeal Mask Airway Versus the Endotracheal Intubation in the Thyroid Surgery: Evaluation of Postoperative Voice, and Laryngopharyngeal Symptom

Byung‐Joon Chun, Ja‐Sung Bae, So‐Hui Lee, Jin Joo, Eun‐Sung Kim, Dong‐Il Sun

World Journal of Surgery · 2015 · 38 citations · 16 references

Abstract

Use of the LMA in general anesthesia for thyroid surgery has advantages over the ETI in decreasing patients' subjective and objective voice symptoms, reducing the duration of symptoms, and relieving the laryngopharyngeal symptoms.

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