Thyroplasty under Conscious Sedation using Dexmedetomidine: A Case Series
Thyroplasty is a surgical procedure done on the thyroid cartilage to improve voice quality and is performed only in a few centers. Either peri-operative voice testing or confirming the vocal cord movements with a fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) visualization can be used as a guide to enhance the resul...
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| author | Raj Murugan Sathyasuba Meenakshisundaram Gayathri Ramesh Raghuraman M Sethuraman |
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| description | Thyroplasty is a surgical procedure done on the thyroid cartilage to improve voice quality and is performed only in a few centers. Either peri-operative voice testing or confirming the vocal cord movements with a fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) visualization can be used as a guide to enhance the results in such cases. The anesthetic implications in such cases are less frequently reported. The published reports are mainly case series or retrospective analyses where cases were done under general anesthesia or deep sedation. This study aimed to present a series of thyroplasty cases wherein both voice testing and confirming the vocal cord movements with FOB visualization were done under conscious sedation, achieving a stable plan of sedation with dexmedetomidine infusion. Conscious sedation with dexmedetomidine as the sole agent for the maintenance of sedation can be safely adopted for these procedures. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c975ff08fb9c42d1bd032aed85bdd4f32025-08-25T14:57:20ZengDuzce UniversityDüzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi1307-671X2025-08-0127222322610.18678/dtfd.161281897Thyroplasty under Conscious Sedation using Dexmedetomidine: A Case SeriesRaj Murugan0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6087-5456Sathyasuba Meenakshisundaram1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7134-341XGayathri Ramesh2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-3087Raghuraman M Sethuraman3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8464-7458Sree Balaji Medical College & HospitalSree Balaji Medical College & HospitalSree Balaji Medical College & HospitalSree Balaji Medical College & HospitalThyroplasty is a surgical procedure done on the thyroid cartilage to improve voice quality and is performed only in a few centers. Either peri-operative voice testing or confirming the vocal cord movements with a fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) visualization can be used as a guide to enhance the results in such cases. The anesthetic implications in such cases are less frequently reported. The published reports are mainly case series or retrospective analyses where cases were done under general anesthesia or deep sedation. This study aimed to present a series of thyroplasty cases wherein both voice testing and confirming the vocal cord movements with FOB visualization were done under conscious sedation, achieving a stable plan of sedation with dexmedetomidine infusion. Conscious sedation with dexmedetomidine as the sole agent for the maintenance of sedation can be safely adopted for these procedures.https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/4490563tiroplastibilinçli sedasyondeksmedetomidinfiberoptik bronkoskopthyroplastyconscious sedationdexmedetomidinefiberoptic bronchoscope |
| spellingShingle | Raj Murugan Sathyasuba Meenakshisundaram Gayathri Ramesh Raghuraman M Sethuraman Thyroplasty under Conscious Sedation using Dexmedetomidine: A Case Series Düzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi tiroplasti bilinçli sedasyon deksmedetomidin fiberoptik bronkoskop thyroplasty conscious sedation dexmedetomidine fiberoptic bronchoscope |
| title | Thyroplasty under Conscious Sedation using Dexmedetomidine: A Case Series |
| title_full | Thyroplasty under Conscious Sedation using Dexmedetomidine: A Case Series |
| title_fullStr | Thyroplasty under Conscious Sedation using Dexmedetomidine: A Case Series |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thyroplasty under Conscious Sedation using Dexmedetomidine: A Case Series |
| title_short | Thyroplasty under Conscious Sedation using Dexmedetomidine: A Case Series |
| title_sort | thyroplasty under conscious sedation using dexmedetomidine a case series |
| topic | tiroplasti bilinçli sedasyon deksmedetomidin fiberoptik bronkoskop thyroplasty conscious sedation dexmedetomidine fiberoptic bronchoscope |
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