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Bilateral vocal cord palsy after total thyroidectomy–A new treatment–Case reports

INTRODUCTION: Dyspnea due to bilateral vocal cord palsy after total thyroidectomy (BVCPATT) is a life-threatening complication; nevertheless, we try to avoid tracheotomy. METHODS: Using normalized glottal area (NGA), we retrospectively studied 14 patients with BVCPATT. Nine patients without dyspnea...

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Autores principales: Chou, Fong-Fu, Hsu, Cheng-Ming, Lai, Chi-Chih, Chan, Yi-Chia, Chi, Shun-Yu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5521027/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28734186
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.06.045