A Cadaveric Study of Occurrence of Extralaryngeal Branches of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve with Reference to its Importance in Thyroid Surgery

Introduction Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy (RLNP) is the most common complication of thyroid surgery. Patients complain of hoarseness of voice and sometimes variable amount of respiratory distress due to palsy of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN), extra laryngeal branches of which are often ligated...

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Main Authors: Shantanu Nandy, Anirban Banerjee, Saumik Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Association of Otolaryngologists of India, West Bengal 2018-12-01
Series:Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery
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Online Access:https://bjohns.in/journal/index.php/bjohns/article/view/457