First experiences in intraoperative neurostimulation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery of children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1414-1418

  Brauckhoff, Michael ^a   Gimm, Oliver ^a   Thanh, Phuong Nguyen ^a   Brauckhoff, Katrin ^a   Ukkat, Jorg ^a   Thomusch, Oliver ^a   Dralle, Henning ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraoperative neurostimulation; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE STIMULATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; VOCAL CORD; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0036788934     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jpsu.2002.35403     Document Type: Article

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