Computed tomography is useful for preoperative identification of nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve in thyroid cancer patients

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-207

  Lee, Yong Sang ^a   Son, Eun Ju ^a   Chang, Hang Seok ^a   Chung, Woong Youn ^a   Nam, Kee Hyun ^a   Park, Cheong Soo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroid cancer; Vascular anomaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THYROID CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FOLLOW UP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOGRAPHY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856394954     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811406670     Document Type: Article

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