External Branch of Superior Laryngeal Nerve in Thyroid Surgery
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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 ‘lateralization’ thyroidectomies are not infrequent due to the of the superior pole during July 1995 to possibility of anatomic variations of December 1997. Exclusion criteria were relationships of this nerve with superior previous neck irradiation, previous laryngeal
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