Thyroid surgery and recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 566-569

  Bailleux, Sonanda ^a   Bozec, A ^a   Castillo, L ^a   Santini, J ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Neural Conduction; Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT MONITORING; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH THERAPY; THYROID SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GOITER, NODULAR; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 33746915113     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106000946     Document Type: Article

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