Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of perineural injection of meloxicam on the recovery of vocal cord paresis due to recurrent nerve injury after thyroid surgery. A secondary objective was listed the neural inflammation as possible risk factor for delayed recovery of vocal cord paresis. Methods: 47 years old female, two months after thyroid surgery still complaining of aphonia and dyspnea, due to vocal cord paresis bilaterally, bilaterally injection with 7.5mg of meloxicam was done for peri neural recurrent laryngeal nerve aiming to assess the effect of meloxicam on functional recovery of vocal cord.

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