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10787078

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-6-9
pubmed:abstractText
The major complication of thyroid surgery, occurring in 1% to 6% of cases, is injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN). A simple method to identify the RLN during thyroid surgery is described by the authors. It consists in palpation of the nerve caudally to the inferior pole of the thyroid, after the nerve has been made taut by the upward and medial traction of the thyroid gland. This method was used on 47 human cadavers and 45 patients with benign thyroid diseases. It made it possible to identify the RLN in all of the cadavers and 52 of the 55 identifications during 45 thyroidectomies (in 10 total thyroidectomies the identification was bilateral). Laryngeal motility was normal in all patients at postoperative laryngoscopy. Using the palpation before dissection in the region of the inferior thyroid artery, the traditional viewing method became easier and safer, reducing the risk of injury where it is most likely to occur to the nerve.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0364-2313
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
571-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Palpatory method used to identify the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of VII Patologia Chirurgica, Policlinico Umberto I, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. procacciante@axrma.uniroma1.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article