The clinical implication of exposure of recurrent laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery
- VernacularTitle:甲状腺手术中显露喉返神经的意义
- Author:
Linfeng WU
;
Lianxin LIU
;
Ming ZHAO
;
Weihui ZHANG
;
Hongchi JIANG
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Thyroid disease;
Thyroidectomy;
Recurrent laryngeal nerve
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Surgery
1993;0(02):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the methods and benefits of exposure of recurrent laryngeal nerve(RLN) in thyroid surgery Methods In this study, 2148 patients admitted in our hospital from July 1993 to July 2003 were divided randomly into two groups: RLN exposure group (936 cases) and RLN non exposure group (1212 cases) RLN was dissected around the inferior thyroid artery, thyroid cartilage, and cervical vagus Results Two cases (0 21%) suffered from RLN injury in exposure group and 5 cases (0 41%) suffered from RLN injury in non exposure group ( P
