DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUE FOR FLAT COMPLICATIONS AFTER OPERATIONS ON THYROID GLAND Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC A61B8/08 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely to laryngology, and can be used for diagnostics of laryngological complications after thyroid gland surgery. Ultrasonic crossway scanning of larynx is made before and after surgical intervention. Sensor placed above the isthmus of thyroid gland in a projection of cricothyroidean ligament. On the obtained image through the center of larynx a perpendicular is held. From this straight line along the external surface of vocal cords are held. Distance from the perpendicular to the end of vocal cords at the moment of their convergence is fixed on a display l₁ and l₂. Difference is measured between values of this parameter ΔL=l₁-l₂. Obtained parameter is compared before surgery (ΔLd) and after (ΔLp) and if parameter differs more than 10 % of the embarrassment of vocal cords is diagnosed.

EFFECT: method increases efficiency of detecting violations of vocal cords, reducing the number of direct laryngoscopies.

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