Pitfalls of intraoperative neuromonitoring for predicting postoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve function during thyroidectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 806-812

  Chan, Wai Fan ^a   Lo, Chung Yau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33646593778     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0355-8     Document Type: Article

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