Is vocal cord asymmetry seen on transcutaneous laryngeal ultrasonography a significant predictor of voice quality changes after thyroidectomy?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 607-613

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; THYROIDECTOMY; VERY ELDERLY; VOCAL CORD; VOICE DISORDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894666601     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2337-6     Document Type: Article

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