Influence of muscle relaxation on neuromonitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 596-600

  Marusch, F ^a   Hussock, J ^a   Haring, G ^a   Hachenberg, T ^b   Gastinger, I ^a  

^a Carl Thiem Hospital   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complications, recurrent laryngeal nerve; Monitoring, intra operative neuromonitoring; Neuromuscular block, non depolarizing muscle relaxants; Surgery, thyroid

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; ROCURONIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCED ANESTHESIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TWITCH; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL PATIENT; THYROID SURGERY;

EID: 18144381572     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aei110     Document Type: Article

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