Relationship between the Zuckerkandl's tubercle and entrance point of the inferior laryngeal nerve

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 640-643

  Yalçin, Bülent ^a   Ozan, Hasan ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inferior constrictor muscle; Inferior laryngeal nerve; Injury; Paralysis of vocal cord; Thyroidectomy; Zuckerkandl's tubercle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; ZUCKERKANDL TUBERCLE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 34548496954     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20466     Document Type: Article

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