Superior approach to the inferior laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery: Anatomy, surgical technique and indications

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 631-636

  Page, Cyril ^a,b   Peltier, Johann ^a   Charlet, Laurent ^b   Laude, Maurice ^a   Strunski, Vladimir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Inferior laryngeal nerve; Thyroid surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; PARATHYROID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID GLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 33845336826     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-006-0141-9     Document Type: Article

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