A loop-forming duplicate recurrent laryngeal nerve: Report of a case and clinical relevance in thyroid surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 992-993

  Sato, Tomoyuki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0035486866     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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