Comparing the morbidity of external laryngeal nerve injury in thyroid surgery with and without identifying the nerve using intraoperative neuromonitoring

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 289-291

  Irfan, M ^a   Khaled, A O ^a   Baharudin, A ^a   Shahid, H ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Intraoperative neuromonitoring; Superior laryngeal nerve; Thyroidectomy; Voice dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; EXTERNAL BRANCH OF SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROMONITORING; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THYROID GLAND; VOICE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864489927     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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