Detection and prevention of impending brachial plexus injury secondary to arm positioning using ulnar nerve somatosensory evoked potentials during transaxillary approach for thyroid lobectomy

Neurodiagnostic Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 274-279

  Davis, Scott F ^a,b   Khalek, Mohamed Abdel ^a   Giles, Jerry ^a   Fox, Charles ^a   Lirette, Lesley ^a   Kandil, Emad ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PhysIOM Intraoperative Monitoring   (United States)

Author keywords

Da Vinci robotic surgery; Positional related neuropathy; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Thyroidectomy; Transaxillary approach

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SURGERY;

DA VINCI ROBOTIC SURGERIES; POSITIONAL RELATED NEUROPATHY; SOMATOSENSORY EVOKED POTENTIALS; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSAXILLARY APPROACH;

ROBOTIC SURGERY;

FENTANYL; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ELECTRODE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOREARM; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GOITER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGOSCOPY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PROPHYLAXIS; PROPRIOCEPTION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 84856166510     PISSN: 21646821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1086508x.2011.11079829     Document Type: Article

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