Importance of identifying the course of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in total and near-total thyroid lobectomies

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-227

  Acun, Zeki ^a   Cinar, Fikret ^a   Cihan, Alper ^a   Ulukent, Suat Can ^a   Uzun, Lokman ^a   Ucan, Bulent ^a   Ugur, M Birol ^a  

^a ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GOITER; INJURY; LARYNGOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOITER; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 19844374702     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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