Why monitor the recurrent laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery?

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 819-822

  Dionigi, G ^a   Barczynski, M ^b   Chiang, F Y ^c   Dralle, H ^d   Duran Poveda, M ^e   Iacobone, M ^f   Lombardi, C P ^g   Materazzi, G ^h   Mihai, R ⁱ   Randolph, G W ^j   Sitges Serra, A ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁱ JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Neuromonrtoring; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NOTE; PATIENT MONITORING; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 79952672678     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03350349     Document Type: Note

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