The significance of anastomosing the recurrent laryngeal nerve in the thyroidectomy / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
; (24): 118-119, 2012.
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in Zh
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To study the significance of exposure of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN ) in thyroid gland surgery.@*METHOD@#Three hundred and thirty-two thyroidectomy cases were studied from January 2008 to June 2011. All patients had general anesthesia, and RLN were exposed during operation. One hundred and thirty-one cases were operated with total lobectomies, 138 cases with subtotal thyroidectomy, 51 cases with total lobectomies and contralateral subtotal thyroidectomy, 12 cases with total thyroidectomy.@*RESULT@#Five hundred and thirty-three RLNs were exposed, 4 cases came with hoarseness postoperatively, All cases recovered within 3 months.@*CONCLUSION@#Exposure the recurrent laryngeal nerve in the thyroidectomy was available and could protect RLN.
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WPRIM
Main subject:
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
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General Surgery
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Thyroidectomy
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Hoarseness
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Retrospective Studies
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Methods
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Zh
Journal:
Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article