Vocal Fold Paresis and Paralysis: What the Thyroid Surgeon Should Know

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-196

  Rubin, Adam D ^a,b   Sataloff, Robert T ^c  

^a Lakeshore Ear Nose and Throat Center ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

AIRWAY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPREHENSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; LARYNX; NERVE INJURY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REINNERVATION; REVIEW; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGEON; SWALLOWING; SYMPTOM; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; LARYNX; PARESIS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID GLAND; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 37549064747     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soc.2007.10.007     Document Type: Review

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