Prevention of complications in thyroid surgery: Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. Personal experience on 313 cases;Prevenzione delle complicanze in chirurgia tiroidea: La lesione del nervo laringeo ricorrente. Esperienza personale su 313 casi

Annali Italiani di Chirurgia

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-28

  Pisello, F ^a   Geraci, G ^a   Sciume C ^a   Li Volsi, F ^a   Facella, T ^a   Modica, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic; Injury; Lesion; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 24144459920     PISSN: 0003469X     EISSN: 2239253X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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