Continuous laryngeal nerve integrity monitoring during thyroidectomy: Does it reduce risk of injury?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 596-600

  Robertson, Matt L ^a   Steward, David L ^a,b   Gluckman, Jack L ^a   Welge, Jeff ^b  

^a Dept Otolaryngol Hd Neck Surg ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 7444244006     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2004.05.030     Document Type: Article

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