Palpatory method used to identify the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 571-573

  Procacciante, Fabio ^a   Picozzi, Pietro ^a   Pacifici, Massimo ^a   Picconi, Stefania ^a   Ruggeri, Sandro ^a   Fantini, Aldo ^a   Basso, Nicola ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX; PALPATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY;

CADAVER; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PALPATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0034034512     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689910093     Document Type: Article

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