Clinical practice guideline: Improving voice outcomes after thyroid surgery

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 148, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2013, Pages

  Chandrasekhar, Sujana S ^a   Randolph, Gregory W ^b   Seidman, Michael D ^c   Rosenfeld, Richard M ^d   Angelos, Peter ^e   Barkmeier Kraemer, Julie ^f   Benninger, Michael S ^g   Blumin, Joel H ^h   Dennis, Gregory ⁱ   Hanks, John ^j   Haymart, Megan R ^k   Kloos, Richard T ^l   Seals, Brenda ^m   Schreibstein, Jerry M ⁿ   Thomas, Mack A ^o   Waddington, Carolyn ^p   Warren, Barbara ^q   Robertson, Peter J ^r  

^a New York Otology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁱ GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^l Veracyte Inc   (United States)

^m Native American Cancer Research   (United States)

ⁿ Western New England University   (United States)

^o OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^p HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^q BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^r AMERICAN ACADEMY OF OTOLARYNGOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Clinical practice guideline; Evidence based medicine; Intraoperative nerve monitoring; Laryngoscopy; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroid surgery; Voice outcomes

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REINNERVATION; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGEON; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOCAL CORD; VOICE; VOICE CHANGE;

CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; INTRAOPERATIVE NERVE MONITORING; LARYNGOSCOPY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID SURGERY; VOICE OUTCOMES;

ADULT; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 84880525368     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813487301     Document Type: Article

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