Sensitivity and specificity of intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve stimulation in predicting postoperative nerve paralysis

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1005-1007

  Otto, Randal A ^a   Cochran, C Spencer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve paralysis; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSECTION; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNX MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE STIMULATION; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0036846083     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940211101110     Document Type: Article

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