The inferior laryngeal nerve: Surgical and anatomic considerations. Report of 251 thyroidectomies

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 188-191

  Page, Cyril ^a   Foulon, P ^b   Strunski, V ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Inferior laryngeal nerve; Inferior thyroid artery; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SEX FACTORS; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 0142180159     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0129-7     Document Type: Article

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