The functional impact on voice of sternothyroid muscle division during thyroidectomy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2027-2033

  Henry, Leonard R ^a,b   Solomon, Nancy Pearl ^a   Howard, Robin ^a   Gurevich Uvena, Joyce ^a   Horst, Leah B ^a   Coppit, George ^a   Orlikoff, Robert ^c   Libutti, Steven K ^d   Shaha, Ashok R ^e   Stojadinovic, Alexander ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b United States Military Cancer Institute   (United States)

^c SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Sternothyroid; Thyroidectomy; Voice

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; SELF REPORT; STERNOTHYROID MUSCLE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 46149091942     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-9936-8     Document Type: Article

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