The efficacy of intraoperative corticosteroids in recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy after thyroid surgery

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-303

  Wang, Ling Feng ^a   Lee, Ka Wo ^a,b,c   Kuo, Wen Rei ^a,b,c   Wu, Che Wei ^a   Lu, Shang Pin ^c   Chiang, Feng Yu ^a,b,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 32944457817     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0399-9     Document Type: Article

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