Surgical anatomy and neurophysiology of the vagus nerve (VN) for standardised intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) of the inferior laryngeal nerve (ILN) during thyroidectomy

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 395, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 893-899

  Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^a   Chiang, Feng Yu ^b   Rausei, Stefano ^a   Wu, Che Wei ^b   Boni, Luigi ^a   Lee, Ka Wo ^b   Rovera, Francesca ^a   Cantone, Giovanni ^a   Bacuzzi, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Morbidity; Neuromonitoring; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroid surgery; Vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; INFERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE STIMULATION; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRAOPERATIVE NEUROMONITORING; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SEX RATIO; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THERMAL INJURY; THYROID GLAND VOLUME; THYROIDECTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD; WAVEFORM; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149413246     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-010-0693-3     Document Type: Article

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