The external laryngeal nerve: Surgical and anatomic considerations. Report of 50 total thyroidectomies

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 182-185

  Page, Cyril ^a,b   Laude, M ^a   Legars, D ^a   Foulon, P ^a   Strunski, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomic variations; External laryngeal nerve; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DISSECTION; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID CARTILAGE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 3042845595     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0214-y     Document Type: Article

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