A new system for continuous recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 149-154

  Lamadé, Wolfram ^a   Ulmer, Christoph ^a   Seimer, Andreas ^b   Molnar, Viktor ^a   Meyding Lamadé, Uta ^d   Thon, Klaus Peter ^a   Koch, Klaus Peter ^c  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b MARIENHOSPITAL STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Germany)

^d Nord West Krankenhaus Frankfurt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous nerve monitoring; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroid surgery; Vagal nerve electrode

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PLATINUM; POLYIMIDE; SILICON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CUFF; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MALE; MONITORING; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; VAGUS NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID GLAND; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 34347235819     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700701383241     Document Type: Article

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