Recurrent laryngeal nerve: A plexus rather than a nerve?

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1098-1102

  Cernea, Claudio R ^a   Hojaij, Flá Vio C ^b   De Carlucci Jr , Dorival ^a   Gotoda, Renato ^a   Plopper, Caio ^a   Vanderlei, Felipe ^b   Brandão, Lenine G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRALARYNGEAL BRANCHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MONITORING; NERVE INJURY; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE PROJECTION; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THYROIDECTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID DISEASES; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73249147828     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.151     Document Type: Article

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