Reliable surgical landmarks for the identification of the recurrent laryngeal nerve

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 299-302

  Çakir, Burak Ömür ^a   Ercan, Ibrahim ^a   Şam, Bülent ^b   Turgut, Suat ^a  

^a SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Ministry of Justice ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LIGAMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MEASUREMENT; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID CARTILAGE;

EID: 33746531746     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.03.026     Document Type: Article

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