Anomalous relationship of coexisting ipsilateral recurren and nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerves during thyroid surgery
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, cilt.24, sa.2, 2013 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 24 Sayı: 2
- Basım Tarihi: 2013
- Doi Numarası: 10.1097/scs.0b013e3182801edd
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Inferior laryngeal nerve, Nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve, Thyroidectomy
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
One of the most important complications of thyroid surgery is inferior laryngeal nerve injury. Variations of inferior la-ryngeal nerve may increase the risk of iatrogenic injury. Coexistence of ipsilateral nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve and recurrent laryngeal nerve is a very rare variation, and sufficient data are not available on the anatomical and functional relationship of the 2 branches and probable clinical outcomes resulting from the injury of one of them. Herein, we present a case with coexistence of nonrecurrent laryn-geal nerve and ipsilateral recurrent laryngeal nerve and discuss the clinical importance of this rare variation. Copyright © 2013 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.