Transcricothyroid, intraoperative monitoring of the vagus nerve

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 624-628

  Petro, Melanie L ^a   Schweinfurth, John M ^a   Petro, Anthony B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INFORMED CONSENT; LOBECTOMY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRICOID CARTILAGE; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROIDECTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 33745280930     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.132.6.624     Document Type: Article

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