Open AccessPreservation of Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Invaded by Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
Author(s) -
Toshirou Nishida,
Kazuyasu Nakao,
Masayasu Hamaji,
Wataru Kamiike,
Kazushi Kurozumi,
Hikaru Matsuda
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199707000-00012
Subject(s) - medicine , recurrent laryngeal nerve , cord , surgery , vocal cord paralysis , thyroid cancer , thyroid , thyroidectomy , superior laryngeal nerve , thyroid carcinoma , retrospective cohort study , carcinoma , cancer , incidence (geometry) , paralysis , larynx , physics , optics
This study was undertaken to determine whether the recurrent laryngeal nerve involved in differentiated thyroid carcinoma could be preserved.