The role of ansa-to-recurrent-laryngeal nerve anastomosis in operations for thyroid cancer

European Journal of Surgery

Volumn 164, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 927-933

  Miyauchi, Akira ^a   Matsusaka, Kenichi ^b   Kihara, Minoru ^b   Matsuzuka, Fumio ^a   Hirai, Keisuke ^a   Yokozawa, Tamotsu ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a   Kobayashi, Akira ^a   Kuma, Kanji ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ansa cervicalis; Nerve reconstruction; Phonation; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroid cancer; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE GRAFT; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYROID CANCER; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHONATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID NEOPLASMS; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0032430218     PISSN: 11024151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/110241598750005093     Document Type: Article

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