Intraoperative Monitoring of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve During Revision Thyroid Surgery

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1147-1154

  Johnson, Samuel ^a   Goldenberg, David ^b  

^a Impulse Monitoring Inc   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LARYNX INJURY; NERVE INJURY; PATIENT MONITORING; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REOPERATION; REVIEW; THYROID SURGERY;

ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REOPERATION;

EID: 56749175021     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2008.05.006     Document Type: Review

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