Feasibility of surgeon-performed transcutaneous vocal cord ultrasonography in identifying vocal cord mobility: A multi-institutional experience

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1597-1604

  Carneiro Pla, Denise ^a   Miller, Barbra S ^b   Wilhelm, Scott M ^c   Milas, Mira ^d   Gauger, Paul G ^b   Cohen, Mark S ^b   Hughes, David T ^b   Solorzano, Carmen C ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIRECT FLEXIBLE LARYNGOSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; THYROID CARTILAGE CALCIFICATION; TRANSCUTANEOUS VOCAL CORD ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOICE CHANGE; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THYROIDECTOMY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGEONS; THYROIDECTOMY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922554058     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2014.08.071     Document Type: Article

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