Thirty-eight-year evaluation of a surgical technique to protect the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1015-1022

  Loré, John M ^a,b   Kokocharov, Stoyan I ^a   Richmond, Allen ^a   Kaufman, Sol ^a   Sundquist, Nan ^a  

^a SISTERS OF CHARITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Sisters Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

External branch superior laryngeal nerve; Questionnaire; Thyroidectomy; Voice changes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE;

EID: 0031672922     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949810701204     Document Type: Article

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