THE SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE IN THYROID SURGERY
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External Branch of Superior Laryngeal Nerve in Thyroid Surgery
VOLUME 61 JANUARY 2007 NUMBER 1 ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS The complications of thyroidectomy are MATERIALS AND METHODS hemorrhage, recurrent or superior laryngeal nerve palsy and hypocalcemia. Iatrogenic This is a prospective nonrandomized study lesions of external branch of superior conducted on 46 patients undergoing various laryngeal nerve (EBSLN) during types of thyroidectomies with ‘lateraliz...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Surgery
سال: 1951
ISSN: 0003-4932
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-195112000-00011