American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , January 2012

Detecting and identifying nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve with the application of intraoperative neuromonitoring during thyroid and parathyroid operation

  • Feng-Yu Chiang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • I-Cheng Lu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Jing Tsai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Pi-Jung Hsiao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ka-Wo Lee, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Che-Wei Wu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsaio-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No.100, Tzyou First Road, Kaohsiung City 807, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 7 3121101x5009; fax: +886 7 3208264.

Received 28 August 2010

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☆ Trial registration: Clinicaltrials.gov. Identifier: NCT00629746.

☆☆ Part of this work was presented at the Fourth World Congress of International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies in Seoul, Korea, June 15–19, 2010.

★ There are no conflicts of interest or financial support from any company.

PII: S0196-0709(10)00243-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.11.011

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 1-5 , January 2012

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