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Protective effect of intraoperative nerve monitoring against recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during re-exploration of the thyroid

BACKGROUND: Previous thyroid or parathyroid surgery induces scarring or distorts anatomy, and increases the risk of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury for a reoperation. The benefit of intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM) for re-exploration (a second nerve exploration) and reoperation has not...

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Autores principales: Chuang, Yu-Chuan, Huang, Shih-Ming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3660170/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23618223
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-11-94