Intraoperative neuromonitoring during thyroidectomy

Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1417-1427

  Lee, Christopher ^a   Stack Jr , Brendan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

endotracheal tube nerve monitor; nerve monitor; neuromonitoring; NIMS; recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring; superior laryngeal nerve monitoring; thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PARALYSIS; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROIDECTOMY;

HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 80052996549     PISSN: 14737140     EISSN: 17448328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/era.11.97     Document Type: Review

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