Assessment of recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery with laryngeal mask airway

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 266-269

  Pott, Leonard ^a   Swick, John T ^a   Stack Jr , Brendan C ^b,c  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LARYNGEAL MASK; NERVE STIMULATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID SURGERY; VOCAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 33947420424     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.133.3.266     Document Type: Article

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