Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve related to thyroid surgery: Report of three cases

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 122, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 757-761

  Page, C ^a,b   Monet, P ^a   Peltier, J ^b   Bonnaire, B ^a   Strunski, V ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve; Thyroid Gland; Thyroidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE PALSY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NODULE; THYROID SURGERY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46249089472     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107008389     Document Type: Article

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