Is There a High Risk of Damaging the External Branch of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve during Thyroid Surgery?

European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 202-205

  Meyer, Th ^a   Hamelmann, W H ^a   Schramm, C ^a   Hoppe, F ^a   Thiede, A ^a   Timmermann, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intraoperative neuromonitoring; Superior laryngeal nerve; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECORDING; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID SURGERY; TRACHEOTOMY; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 1442358594     PISSN: 16821769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10353-003-0007-x     Document Type: Article

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