Laryngeal nerve monitoring and minimally invasive thyroid surgery: Complementary technologies

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1254-1257

  Terris, David J ^a   Anderson, Susan K ^a   Watts, Tammara L ^a   Chin, Edward ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SURGICAL APPROACH; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 37349063196     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.133.12.1254     Document Type: Article

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