Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy after cardiovascular surgery: Relationship to the placement of a transesophageal echocardiographic probe

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 528-531

  Kawahito, Shinji ^a   Kitahata, Hiroshi ^a   Kimura, Hideyuki ^a   Tanaka, Katsuya ^a   Oshita, Shuzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular surgery; Complication; Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032819828     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(99)90002-2     Document Type: Article

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