Optimal depth of NIM EMG endotracheal tube for intraoperative neuromonitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1935-1939

  Lu, I Chen ^a   Chu, Koung Shing ^a,b   Tsai, Cheng Jing ^a   Wu, Che Wei ^a   Kuo, Wen Rei ^a,b   Chen, Hsiu Ya ^a   Lee, Ka Wo ^a,b   Chiang, Feng Yu ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 49749126350     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9549-1     Document Type: Article

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