Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The majority of dedicated endocrine surgery centres in the UK and abroad routinely perform pre-operative vocal cord checks prior to cervicotomy. Ultrasound scanning is increasingly used as routine imaging in the work up of patients being assessed with thyroid and parathyroid disease. We report on the additional use of USS as a method of performing pre-operative vocal cord checks.Method: We report the early results on 32 patients undergoing ...