Non-recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-142

  Abboud, Bassam ^b   Aouad, Rony ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Laryngeal Nerve; Thyroidectomy; Vocal Cords

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNGOSCOPY; LOBECTOMY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE MALFORMATION; NODULAR GOITER; NON RECURRENT INFERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; TOXIC GOITER; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MIDDLE AGED; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 1342280387     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221504772784603     Document Type: Article

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