Does extensive dissection of recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid operation increase the risk of nerve injury? Evidence from the application of intraoperative neuromonitoring

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 499-503

  Chiang, Feng Yu ^a,b   Lu, I Cheng ^b   Tsai, Cheng Jing ^b   Hsiao, Pi Jung ^a,b   Hsu, Chia Cjen ^c   Wu, Che Wei ^a,b,d  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Pingtung Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL HSIAO KANG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GOITER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; NEUROMONITORING; PARATRACHEAL NODE METASTASIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE DISSECTION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; DISSECTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RECURRENCE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROIDECTOMY; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 80055030126     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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