Suspensory ligament of berry: Its relationship to recurrent laryngeal nerve and anatomic examination of 24 autopsies

Head and Neck

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 695-698

  Sasou, Shunichi ^a   Nakamura, Shin Ichi ^a   Kurihara, Hideo ^b  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kurihara Thyroid Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Suspensory ligament of Berry; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT; NERVE PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL INJURY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEA;

EID: 0031680672     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199812)20:8<695::AID-HED6>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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