Recurrent laryngeal nerve identification and assessment during thyroid surgery: laryngeal palpation.
Randolph
Gregory W
GW
Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. gregory_randolph@meei.harvard.edu
Kobler
James B
JB
Wilkins
Jamie
J
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