Journals / Düzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi / 2026 / Volume: 27 Issue: 2

Thyroplasty under Conscious Sedation using Dexmedetomidine: A Case Series

Deksmedetomidin Kullanılarak Bilinçli Sedasyon Altında Tiroplasti: Bir Vaka Serisi

Gayathri Ramesh(Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital)0000-0002-3417-3087
Sathyasuba Meenakshisundaram(Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital)0000-0002-7134-341X
Raj Murugan(Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital)0000-0001-6087-5456
Raghuraman M Sethuraman(Sree Balaji Medical College & Hospital)0000-0001-8464-7458
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2025-08-30
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Conscious sedation with dexmedetomidine as the sole agent for the maintenance of sedation can be safely adopted for these procedures.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Thyroplasty is a surgical procedure done on the thyroid cartilage to improve voice quality and is performed only in a few centers.
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Key Findings & Data:Either peri-operative voice testing or confirming the vocal cord movements with a fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) visualization can be used as a guide to enhance the results in such cases.
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Conclusion & Impact:Conscious sedation with dexmedetomidine as the sole agent for the maintenance of sedation can be safely adopted for these procedures.
🔬Design:Case Report
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⚙️Variables:Thyroplasty · Conscious sedation · Dexmedetomidine

Abstract

Thyroplasty is a surgical procedure done on the thyroid cartilage to improve voice quality and is performed only in a few centers. Either peri-operative voice testing or confirming the vocal cord movements with a fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) visualization can be used as a guide to enhance the results in such cases. The anesthetic implications in such cases are less frequently reported. The published reports are mainly case series or retrospective analyses where cases were done under general anesthesia or deep sedation. This study aimed to present a series of thyroplasty cases wherein both voice testing and confirming the vocal cord movements with FOB visualization were done under conscious sedation, achieving a stable plan of sedation with dexmedetomidine infusion. Conscious sedation with dexmedetomidine as the sole agent for the maintenance of sedation can be safely adopted for these procedures.

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Tiroplasti, ses kalitesini iyileştirmek için tiroid kıkırdağında yapılan cerrahi bir işlemdir ve yalnızca birkaç merkezde gerçekleştirilir. Bu tür vakalarda sonuçları iyileştirmek için perioperatif ses testi veya fiberoptik bronkoskop (FOB) görüntüleme ile ses teli hareketlerinin doğrulanması bir kılavuz olarak kullanılabilir. Bu tür vakalardaki anestezik etkiler daha az sıklıkla rapor edilir. Yayınlanan raporlar çoğunlukla vaka serileri veya vakaların genel anestezi veya derin sedasyon altında yapıldığı geriye dönük analizlerdir. Bu çalışma, hem ses testinin hem de FOB görüntüleme ile ses teli hareketlerinin doğrulanmasının bilinçli sedasyon altında yapıldığı ve deksmedetomidin infüzyonuyla stabil bir sedasyon planı elde edilen bir dizi tiroplasti vakasını sunmayı amaçlamıştır. Sedasyonun sürdürülmesi için tek ajan olarak deksmedetomidin ile bilinçli sedasyon bu prosedürler için güvenle benimsenebilir.

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Ramesh, G., Meenakshisundaram, S., Murugan, R., Sethuraman, R. M. (2025). Thyroplasty under Conscious Sedation using Dexmedetomidine: A Case Series. Düzce Tıp Fakültesi Dergisi, Volume: 27 Issue: 2. https://doi.org/10.18678/dtfd.1612818

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