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Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring during Esophagectomy and Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection: A Novel Approach Using a Single-lumen Endotracheal EMG Tube and the EZ-blocker

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Krankenhausstr. 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Joachim Schmidt, Andrea Irouschek, Sebastian Heinrich & Torsten Birkholz

  2. Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Krankenhausstr. 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Oliver Oster

  3. Department of General Surgery, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Krankenhausstr. 12, 91054, Erlangen, Germany

    Peter Klein

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Schmidt, J., Irouschek, A., Heinrich, S. et al. Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Monitoring during Esophagectomy and Mediastinal Lymph Node Dissection: A Novel Approach Using a Single-lumen Endotracheal EMG Tube and the EZ-blocker. World J Surg 36, 2946–2947 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-012-1700-3

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