2022
DOI: 10.35420/jcohns.2022.33.4.232
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

A Case of Bifurcation of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Mimicking as a Single Nerve Branch during Thyroidectomy

Abstract: The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is an important structure that requires careful attention to be preserved during thyroidectomy. Because injury of this nerve results in vocal cord paralysis, which can lead to voice change, aspiration and even pneumonia. RLN often has branches which is vulnerable to nerve injury during surgery. RLN branch usually occurs close to the cricothyroid joint, or close to the junction between the nerve and the inferior thyroid artery. However, if the RLN branch is located lower than… Show more

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

0
0
0

Publication Types

Select...

Relationship

0
0

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 0 publications
references
References 7 publications
0
0
0
Order By: Relevance

No citations

Set email alert for when this publication receives citations?