title: Recurrent laryngeal nerve identification and assessment during thyroid surgery: laryngeal palpation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. gregory_randolph@meei.harvard.edu
authors.forename: Gregory W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Randolph
authors.forename: James B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Kobler
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wilkins
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004576:Electromyography; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D007830:Larynx / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D061226:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control