Laryngeal nerve monitoring: Current utilization among head and neck surgeons

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 895-899

  Singer, Michael C ^a   Rosenfeld, Richard M ^b   Sundaram, Krishnamurthi ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

electromyography; intraoperative monitoring; recurrent laryngeal nerve; thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNGEAL NERVE MONITORING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEUROMONITORING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING; THYROID SURGERY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 84864776374     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599812439278     Document Type: Review

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