Nerve stimulation in thyroid surgery: Is it really useful?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 377-380

  Loch Wilkinson, Thorbjorn J ^a   Stalberg, Peter L H ^a   Sidhu, Stan B ^a   Sywak, Mark S ^a   Wilkinson, James F ^a   Delbridge, Leigh W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nerve stimulator; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Superior laryngeal nerve; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; EAR; EXTUBATION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX; MALE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE STIMULATION; NOSE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; THROAT; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PALPATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 34248206196     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04065.x     Document Type: Article

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