Erschienen in:
01.07.2013
Preoperative Ultrasonography Assessment of Vocal Cord Movement During Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery
verfasst von:
Mayilvaganan Sabaretnam, Pooja Ramakant, Deepak T. Abraham, M. J. Paul
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 7/2013
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Excerpt
We read with interest the article “Preoperative ultrasonography assessment of vocal cord movement during thyroid and parathyroid surgery” by Cheng et al. [
1]. We congratulate the authors on using a noninvasive modality for evaluating vocal cords preoperatively with no added cost or time. It was a patient-friendly initiative in a resource-constrained environment. Patients with vocal cord palsy may be asymptomatic. …