Recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis: Anatomy and etiology

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-44

  Myssiorek, David ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COUGHING; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; PHONATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE SURGERY; SWALLOWING; THORAX SURGERY; THYROID SURGERY;

EID: 1542286187     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(03)00172-5     Document Type: Review

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