Transcricothyroid electromyographic monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1918-1921

  Alon, Eran E ^a   Hinni, Michael L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring; Thyroidectomy; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RELIABILITY; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDECTOMY;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349939565     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20228     Document Type: Article

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