Manuscript title: Intraoperative Ultrasonographic Assessment of Vocal Cord motion under sedation, following pediatric thyroidectomy in the Era of COVID-19, a double-blinded preliminary study Short Running title: Intraoperative Assessment of vocal cord motion Ofir Zavdy* 1,2 MD-MPH, Michael Schwarz 2,3 MD, Dror Gilony 1,2 MD, Gideon Bachar 1,2 MD, Hanna Gilat MD 1,2 , Roy Hod 1,2 MD. 1 Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin Medical Center and Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, 4920235, Petach Tikva, Israel. 2 Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. 3 Diagnostic ultrasound devision, Imaging department, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, 4920235, Petach Tikva, Israel. Corresponding author: Ofir Zavdy Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Rabin medical center and Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel; 4920235, Petch Tikva, Israel. Tel:+972-54-5405329. E-mail: Ofirzavdy@gmail.com Authors contributions: Accepted Article This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/COA.13835 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved