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Voice Change Following Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

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Some temporary voice change following thyroid or parathyroid surgery is common (up to 30 %)

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  1. ENT Department, Medway Maritime Hospital, Gillingham, Kent, ME5 8NY, UK

    Jeremy Davis MBBS, FRCS

  2. Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Eastern Road, Brighton, BN2 5BE, UK

    Meredydd Harries

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  1. ENT Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    John C. Watkinson

  2. Department of Endocrine Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom

    David M. Scott-Coombes

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Davis, J., Harries, M. (2014). Voice Change Following Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. In: Watkinson, J., Scott-Coombes, D. (eds) Tips and Tricks in Endocrine Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2146-6_26

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