Nonrecurrent laryngeal nerves: Anatomic considerations during thyroid and parathyroid surgery

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-95

  Mra, Zan ^b   Wax, Mark K ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LARYNGEAL NERVE; PARATHYROID GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; VAGUS NERVE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0032896676     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0709(99)90017-0     Document Type: Article

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