Intraoperative nerve monitoring can reduce prevalence of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury in thyroid reoperations: Results of a retrospective cohort study

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 599-606

  Barczyński, Marcin ^a   Konturek, Aleksander ^a   Pragacz, Krzysztof ^b   Papier, Aleksandra ^a   Stopa, Małgorzata ^a   Nowak, Wojciech ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b Department of General Surgery   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 84894675930     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2260-x     Document Type: Article

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