Identification of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 360-362

  Pagedar, Nitin A ^a,b   Freeman, Jeremy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CASE STUDY; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; HUMAN; LIGATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE INJURY; RISK; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY; HISTOLOGY; LARYNGEAL NERVE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NERVES; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID GLAND; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 66149136492     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.9     Document Type: Article

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