Search results for "Laryngo-pharyngeal reflux"

PS01.057: THYROIDECTOMY AND LARYNGO-PHARYNGEAL REFLUX: WHAT’S NEW

2018

Abstract Background ‘Local neck symptoms’ may be related to goiter; a persistence of those symptoms after an uncomplicated total thyroidectomy (TT) might be referred to the laryngo-pharyngeal reflux (LPR). Our previous study found a correlation between goiter and LPR in selected patients with local neck symptoms; the purpose of our current study is to investigate the presence of a laringopharyngitis in patients with goiter, before and after TT, even in the absence of local neck symptoms, assessing whether the presence of LPR may play a role at the outset of the symptomatology. Methods Two groups of patients were considered and they differred for the presence or absence of local neck symptom…