Electrophysiologic Nerve Stimulation for identifying the recurrent Laryngeal Nerve in Thyroid Surgery: Review of 70 consecutive Thyroid surgeries

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 328-333

  Echeverri, Alberto ^a   Flexon, Phillip B ^a,b,c  

^a MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Georgia Ear Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0031945565     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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