Recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during thyroidectomy and related cervical procedures in the pediatric population

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-94

  White, W Matthew ^a   Randolph, Gregory W ^a   Hartnick, Christopher J ^a   Cunningham, Michael J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; MONITOR; NECK DISSECTION; NECK TUMOR; NERVE INJURY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PIRIFORM SINUS TRACT ORIFICE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID MASS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; BRANCHIAL REGION; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 58849119488     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2008.520     Document Type: Article

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