Intraoperative neurophysiology testing of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: Plaudits and pitfalls

Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1183-1192

  Snyder, Samuel K ^a,b   Hendricks, John C ^a   Chen, Herbert ^c   Dackiw, Alan P B ^c   Dralle, Henning ^c  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 29144471062     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2005.08.027     Document Type: Article

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