Nimodipine and microsurgery induced recovery of the vocal cord after recurrent laryngeal nerve resection

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 10 I, 2005, Pages 1863-1865

  Mattsson, Per ^a   Bjorck G ^a   Remahl, S ^b   Backdahl M ^a   Hamberger, B ^a   Hydman, J ^a   Svensson, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Electromyography; Nerve graft; Nerve injury; Nimodipine

Indexed keywords

NIMODIPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LARYNX MUSCLE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID CANCER; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; NIMODIPINE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURAL NERVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 26944484358     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000177034.51559.50     Document Type: Article

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