Identification of patients with a non-recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve by duplex ultrasound of the brachiocephalic artery

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 263-269

  Deveze A ^a   Sebag, F ^a   Hubbard, J ^a   Jaunay, M ^a   Maweja, S ^a   Henry, J F ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Arteria lusoria; Brachiocephalic artery; Duplex ultrasound; Non recurrence of the inferior laryngeal nerve (NRILN)

Indexed keywords

AORTA ARCH; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NERVE MALFORMATION; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VASCULAR DISEASE;

BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 0142242250     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0135-9     Document Type: Article

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