Surgical treatment of the recurrent laryngeal nerve invaded by thyroid carcinoma / 中华内分泌外科杂志

ABSTRACT

The incidence of thyroid carcinoma has increased rapidly in recent years and recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) was often found invasion by thyroid carcinoma.Surgery is the preferred treatment of thyroid carcinoma at present.How to evaluate the extent of recurrent laryngeal nerve invasion,thereby formulating the proper treatment,has influence on the radical resection of tumor and the quality of life after surgery.Based on the clinical experience of the author and related literature,this article tries to analyze the pattern and the perioperative evaluation method of the RLN invasion,thus to improve the cognition and treatment of RLN,as well as life quality of patients.