BACKGROUND Ansa cervicalis (AC)-recurrent laryngeal nerve anastomosis (RLN) is usually not desirable for correction of paralytic dysphonia when it is difficult to find a viable distal stump of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Nerve implantation of the thyroarytenoid muscle with the ansa cervicalis is a simple alternative method. STUDY DESIGN Ten patients with unilateral vocal cord paralysis wer...

OBJECTIVE We report an extremely rare case of recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis due to subclinical Lyme borreliosis. METHOD Case report presenting a 15-year-old girl referred with hoarseness and soft voice. RESULTS Right-sided recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis was observed using videolaryngoscopy. Imaging was used to exclude intracranial, cervical and intrathoracic embryological lesions...

Various energy devices had been used in thyroid surgery. Aim of study is to develop canine model for recurrent laryngeal nerve injury by harmonic scalpel and to evaluate feasibility of using this model for evaluating the safety use of harmonic scalpel during thyroid surgery. Nine dogs were divided into 3 groups according to distance between harmonic scalpel application and recurrent laryngeal n...

INTRODUCTION Thyroidectomy is a common surgery. Routine searching of the recurrent laryngeal nerve is the most important strategy to avoid palsy. Neuromonitoring has been recommended to decrease recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy. OBJECTIVE To assess if neuromonitoring of recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy is cost-effective in a developing country. MATERIALS AND METHODS We designed...