Feasibility on the use of intraoperative vagal nerve stimulation in gasless, transaxillary endoscopic, and robotic-assisted thyroidectomy

Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 911-917

  Lang, Brian Hung Hin ^a   Wong, Kai Pun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL NERVE STIMULATOR PROBE; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASLESS TRANSAXILLARY ENDOSCOPIC THYROIDECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INTRAOPERATIVE VAGAL NERVE STIMULATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOT ASSISTED THYROIDECTOMY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AXILLA; ENDOSCOPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; THYROIDECTOMY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455220975     PISSN: 10926429     EISSN: 15579034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/lap.2011.0204     Document Type: Article

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