Intraoperative stimulation neuromonitoring versus intraoperative continuous electromyographic neuromonitoring in total thyroidectomy: Identifying laryngeal complications

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-53

  Koulouris, Charilaos ^a   Papavramidis, Theodossis S ^a   Pliakos, Ioannis ^a   Michalopoulos, Nick ^a   Polyzonis, Michalis ^a   Sapalidis, Konstantinos ^a   Kesisoglou, Isaak ^a   Gkoutzamanis, George ^a   Papavramidis, Spiros T ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Neuromonitoring; Neurostimulation; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Total thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 84862506447     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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