Neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery: Prospective evaluation of intraoperative electrophysiological responses for the prediction of recurrent lalyngeal nerve injury

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-17

  Hermann, Michael ^a   Hellebart, Christa ^a   Freissmuth, Michael ^b  

^a Kaiserin Elisabeth Spital ^*  (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CONDUCTION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; REOPERATION; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL RISK; THYROID SURGERY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROIDECTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 3042651559     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000132260.34503.02     Document Type: Article

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