Evaluation of peripheral vocal cord paralysis by electromyography

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 987-990

  Grosheva, Maria ^a   Wittekindt, Claus ^b   Pototschnig, Claus ^c   Lindenthaler, Werner ^d   Guntinas Lichius, Orlando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d MED EL GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Outcome; Regeneration time; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXONOTMESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHY; NEUROPRAXIS; NEUROTMESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID SURGERY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 44649101407     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e3181671b2d     Document Type: Article

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