Extralaryngeal bifurcation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: A common variation

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 928-931

  Beneragama, Tilan ^a   Serpell, Jonathan W ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Recurrent laryngeal nerve; Surgery; Thyroidectomy; Vocal cord palsy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CRICOID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROIDECTOMY; VARIATION (GENETICS); VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 33749151389     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03899.x     Document Type: Article

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