External branch of the superior laryngeal nerve monitoring during thyroid and parathyroid surgery: International neural monitoring study Group standards guideline statement

Laryngoscope

Volumn 123, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2013, Pages

  Barczyński, Marcin ^a   Randolph, Gregory W ^b   Cernea, Claudio R ^c,d   Dralle, Henning ^e   Dionigi, Gianlorenzo ^f   Alesina, Piero F ^g   Mihai, Radu ^h   Finck, Camille ⁱ   Lombardi, Davide ^j   Hartl, Dana M ^k   Miyauchi, Akira ^l   Serpell, Jonathan ^m   Snyder, Samuel ⁿ   Volpi, Erivelto ^o   Woodson, Gayle ^p   Kraimps, Jean Louis ^q   Hisham, Abdullah N ^r  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^h JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^k INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^l KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^m MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁿ TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^o FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^p SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^r PUTRAJAYA HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

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Author keywords

External branch of the superior laryngeal nerve; Nerve identification; Nerve monitoring; Nerve stimulation; Superior laryngeal nerve; Thyroid and parathyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DISSECTION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL BRANCH OF THE SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE NEURAL MONITORING; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMONITORING; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; REVIEW; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY; VOICE; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNX MUSCLE; NERVE; NERVE MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; THYROID AND PARATHYROID SURGERY; THYROID GLAND; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE DISORDER;

EXTERNAL BRANCH OF THE SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; NERVE IDENTIFICATION; NERVE MONITORING; NERVE STIMULATION; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID AND PARATHYROID SURGERY;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 84886737021     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24301     Document Type: Review

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