Laryngeal approach to the recurrent laryngeal nerve involved by thyroid cancer at the ligament of Berry

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-60

  Miyauchi, Akira ^a   Masuoka, Hiroo ^a   Tomoda, Chisato ^a   Takamura, Yuuki ^a   Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Kobayashi, Kaoru ^a   Miya, Akihiro ^a  

^a KUMA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT OF BERRY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THYROID CANCER; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNX; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 84862897691     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2011.12.033     Document Type: Article

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