Prevalence and patterns of intraoperative nerve monitoring for thyroidectomy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 952-956

  Horne, Stefanie K ^a   Gal, Thomas J ^a   Brennan, Joseph A ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NERVE INJURY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGEON; THYROIDECTOMY; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROIDECTOMY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 34249652973     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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