Is dysphonia permanent or temporary after anterior cervical approach?

European Spine Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2092-2095

  Kahraman, Serdar ^a   Sirin, Sait ^a   Erdogan, Ersin ^a   Atabey, Cem ^a   Daneyemez, Mehmet ^a   Gonul, Engin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical surgery; Dysphonia; Prognosis; Recurrent laryngeal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISKECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADICULOPATHY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 37249000384     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-007-0489-5     Document Type: Article

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