Concept for Diagnosis and Therapy of Unilateral Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis Following Thoracic Surgery

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 327-331

  Schneider, Berit ^a   Schickinger Fischer, B ^a   Zumtobel, M ^a   Mancusi, G ^a   Bigenzahn, W ^a   Klepetko, W ^a   End, A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Postoperative complication; Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis; Thoracic surgery; Unilateral vocal fold palsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SPEECH REHABILITATION; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0346788732     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-45426     Document Type: Article

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