Intraoperative monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve using acoustic, free-run, and evoked electromyography

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 148-152

  Pearlman, Ronald C ^a   Isley, Michael R ^b   Ruben, Garry D ^c   Sandler, Steven C ^c   Weisbaum, Bertram ^c   Khan, Mohammad Ali ^c   Greene, Barry S ^c   Charles, Vijayan ^c   Shah, Ajit ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Electromyography; Neuromonitoring; Parathyroidectomy; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NERVE INJURY; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16844382456     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.WNP.0000158464.82565.32     Document Type: Article

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