A prospective, assessor-blind evaluation of surgeon-performed transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasonography in vocal cord examination before and after thyroidectomy

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1158-1165

  Wong, Kai Pun ^a   Lang, Brian Hung Hin ^a   Ng, Sze How ^b   Cheung, Chung Yeung ^a   Chan, Christina Tin Yan ^a   Lo, Chung Yau ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NODULAR GOITER; PARATHYROID ADENOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SURGEON; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSCUTANEOUS LARYNGEAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887861535     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.04.063     Document Type: Article

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