Clinical value of intraoperative neuromonitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerves in improving outcomes of surgery for well-differentiated thyroid cancer

Polski Przeglad Chirurgiczny/ Polish Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 196-203

  Barczyński, Marcin ^a   Konturek, Aleksander ^a   Stopa, Małgorzata ^a   Hubalewska Dydejczyk, Alicja ^a   Richter, Piotr ^a   Nowak, Wojciech ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

intraoperative neuromonitoring; recurrent laryngeal nerve; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; POLAND; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POLAND; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958828982     PISSN: 0032373X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10035-011-0030-8     Document Type: Article

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