Detection of evolving injury to the brachial plexus during transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 110-115

  Luginbuhl, Adam ^a   Schwartz, Daniel M ^b   Sestokas, Anthony K ^b   Cognetti, David ^a   Pribitkin, Edmund ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Surgical Monitoring Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

brachial plexus; intraoperative neuromonitoring; Transaxillary robotic thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; NEUROMONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; THYROIDECTOMY;

AXILLA; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; ROBOTICS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84355161502     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22429     Document Type: Review

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