Loss of the nerve monitoring signal during bilateral thyroid surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1089-1095

  Dralle, H ^a,b   Sekulla, C ^a   Lorenz, K ^a   Thanh, P Nguyen ^a   Schneider, R ^a   MacHens, A ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GOITER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; STATISTICS; THYROIDECTOMY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GOITER; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROIDECTOMY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84863715903     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.8831     Document Type: Article

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