Electrophysiologic monitoring characteristics of the recurrent laryngeal nerve preoperatively paralyzed or invaded with malignancy

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 682-688

  Kamani, Dipti ^a   Darr, E Ashlie ^a   Randolph, Gregory W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

electrophysiologic parameters; EMG; invasive malignancy; IONM; recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring; surgery for thyroid cancer; thyroid malignancy; vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR INVASION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC PARAMETERS; EMG; INVASIVE MALIGNANCY; IONM; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE MONITORING; SURGERY FOR THYROID CANCER; THYROID MALIGNANCY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887493286     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599813504735     Document Type: Article

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