Critical course of the anterior laryngeal branch of the inferior laryngeal nerve

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 481-483

  Yalçin, Bülent ^a   Tug̀cu, Harun ^a   Cantürk, Nergis ^b   Kurt, Bülent ^a   Ozan, Hasan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b Institute of Forensic Medicine Ministry of Justice ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inferior laryngeal nerve; Ligament of Berry; Nerve injury; Thyroid gland; Thyroidectomy; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LIGAMENT; LOBECTOMY; MALE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID SURGERY; TRACHEA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PHARYNX; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 33744942692     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03759.x     Document Type: Article

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