Neuromonitoring of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve during minimally invasive thyroid surgery under local anesthesia: A Prospective study of 10 patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 597-601

  Inabnet, William B ^a,c   Murry, Thomas ^b   Dhiman, Shamly ^a   Aviv, Jonathan ^b   Lifante, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Surgeons of Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Local anesthesia; Nerve; Nerve monitoring; Thyroidectomy; Voice change

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NERVE MONITORING; NODULAR GOITER; ONCOCYTOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SELF EVALUATION; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; TOXIC GOITER; TRANSNASAL FLEXIBLE LARYNGOSCOPY; VOICE; VOICE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INNERVATION; LARYNGEAL NERVE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 64849111421     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20071     Document Type: Article

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