Life-threatening complication of recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring with EMG reinforced silicone ETT

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2419-2421

  Oysu, Cagatay ^a   Demir, Kadri ^a  

^a Umraniye Research and Education Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complication; endotracheal tube; recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring

Indexed keywords

SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; OXIMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OXIMETRY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SILICONES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 82955222302     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318232a734     Document Type: Article

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