Somerset MP Anna Sabine loses voice after surgery

• Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury is a recognised complication of thyroid surgery that can result in permanent voice loss, despite the procedure being relatively common in UK practice
• Patients undergoing thyroid surgery should be counselled preoperatively about the risk of vocal cord dysfunction affecting speech and swallowing
• Intraoperative neuromonitoring techniques are available to help identify and prevent recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during thyroid procedures

Anna Sabine was having a lump removed from her thyroid when a nerve to one of her vocal cords was cut.

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