Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in Thyroid Surgery - Results of the German Prospective Multicentre Study

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 240-245

  Thomusch, O ^a,e   Sekulla, C ^a   Timmermann, W ^b   Neumann, H J ^c   Kruse, E ^d   Muhlig H P ^c   Hamelmann, W H ^b   Richter, Ch ^c   Voss J ^c   Dralle, H ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Martha Maria ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraoperative neuromonitoring; Prospective study; Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROMONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDITIS; TRANSLARYNGEAL NEEDLE ELECTRODE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0242460559     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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