What is the learning curve for intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery?

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Dionigi, G ^a   Bacuzzi, A ^a   Boni, L ^a   Rovera, F ^a   Dionigi, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Morbidity; Neuromonitoring; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Stage thyroidectomy; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROMONITORING; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SEROMA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449142196     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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