Recurrent laryngeal nerve, phonation and voice preservation-energy devices in thyroid surgery-a note of caution

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 394, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 911-912

  Agarwal, Brij B ^a,c   Agarwal, Sneh ^b  

^a SIR GANGA RAM HOSPITAL   (India)

^b LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Dr Agarwal's Surgery and Yoga   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VOICE;

HUMANS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 68549126873     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-009-0504-x     Document Type: Letter

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