Vocal fold immobility after thyroidectomy with intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 186-190

  Netto, Irene de Pedro ^a   Vartarian, Jose Guilherme ^a   Ferraz, Pablo Rodrigo Rocha ^a   Salgado, Priscila ^a   de Azevedo, Juliana Bueno Meirelles ^a   Toledo, Ronaldo Nunes ^a   Testa, José Ricardo Gurgel ^a   Carrara de Angelis, Elisabete ^a   Kowalski, Luiz Paulo ^a  

^a A C CAMARGO CANCER CENTER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Intraoperative monitoring; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroid gland; Thyroidectomy; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NODULAR GOITER; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 35348947071     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802007000300011     Document Type: Article

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