NONRECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE - IDENTIFICATION DURING THYROID-SURGERY

Authors
SRINIVASAN V PREMACHANDRA DJ
Citation
V. Srinivasan et Dj. Premachandra, NONRECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE - IDENTIFICATION DURING THYROID-SURGERY, ORL, 59(1), 1997, pp. 57-59
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
ORL → ACNP
ISSN journal
03011569
Volume
59
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
57 - 59
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-1569(1997)59:1<57:NLN-ID>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The non-recurrent course of the inferior laryngeal nerve is a rare ano maly. The incidence varies from 0.3 to 4% on the right side. It is ext remely rare on the left side. The awareness of such an anomaly is esse ntial as the risk of damage to the nerve is higher during thyroid surg ery. Two cases of non-recurrent laryngeal nerve are reported, and the embryology and method of identification are discussed.