Anatomical and surgical considerations of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve: A systematic review

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 368-374

  Morton, R P ^a,b   Whitfield, P ^b   Al Ali, S ^b  

^a Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

^b SAMC   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BODY HEIGHT; DISSECTION; ETHNOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID SURGERY; THYROID WEIGHT; VOICE CHANGE;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LARYNGEAL NERVES; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33749451756     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2006.01266.x     Document Type: Review

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