Influence of intravenous anesthetics on neuromonitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery

Limited reports are available in the literature on the impact of intravenous administration of anesthetics on laryngeal electromyographic (EMG) activity. The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of the two commonly used intravenous anesthetics (propofol and thiamylal) on EMG amplitud...

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Main Authors: Pi-Ying Chang, Che-Wei Wu, Hsiu-Ya Chen, Hui-Chun Chen, Kuang-I Cheng, I-Cheng Lu, Feng-Yu Chiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-10-01
Series:Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1607551X14001417