A non-recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve in a man undergoing thyroidectomy: a case report
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A non-recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve in a man undergoing thyroidectomy: a case report
INTRODUCTION A non-recurrent variant of the inferior laryngeal nerve has been seldom reported. These reports are mostly based on cadaveric dissection studies or large chart review studies in which the emphasis is placed on the determination of the frequency of the variation, and not on the clinical appearance of this variant. We graphically describe the intraoperative identification of a non-re...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Case Reports
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-386