Turkish Neurosurgery
VOCAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF PATIENTS WITH PITUITARY ADENOMAS OPERATED VIA ENDOSCOPIC AND MICROSCOPIC METHODS
Gökhan Kuran1, Gökhan Çavuş2
1Otorhinolaryngology, Adana City Training and Reseach Hospital, ADANA,
2Neurosurgery, Adana City Training and Reseach Hospital, ADANA,
DOI: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.25810-19.3
Aim:In this study, we evaluated whether there is any difference in voice quality between patients who were operated with microscopic and endoscopic procedures.Material and Methods:59 patients and 30 volunteer male patients were included in this study. Patients were grouped into three: microscopically operated, endoscopically operated and control group. Study includes 30 microscopically, 29 endoscopically operated patients and 30 healty control volunteers.Results:There was no significant relationship within groups with Voice Handicap Index-10 (p=0.053). F0, jitter%, jitter PQQ5 parameters revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between endoscopically operated groups (EOG) and microscopically operated groups (MOG). There was no statistically significant difference within EOG, MOG and control groups with respect to HNR median scores.Conclusion:Nowadays EOG is much more preferred than MOG because of some advantages. We assessed the effects of EOG and MOG on voice quality in our study.
Corresponding author : Gökhan Çavuş