Intraoperative monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy: A standardized approach part 2

World Journal of Endocrine Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-40

  Durán Poveda, Manuel C ^a   Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^b   Sitges Serra, Antonio ^c   Barczynski, Marcin ^d   Angelos, Peter ^e   Dralle, Henning ^f   Phelan, Eimear ^g   Randolph, Gregory ^g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE FUENLABRADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Neuromonitoring; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENT; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; REMIFENTANIL; SUFENTANIL; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ALGORITHM; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INTRAOPERATIVE NERVE MONITORING; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MONITOR; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROMONITORING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REVIEW; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84860317591     PISSN: 09755039     EISSN: 09757902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jp-journals-10002-1091     Document Type: Review

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