The relation of recurrent laryngeal nerve to inferior thyroid artery and extralaryngeal nerve branching may increase the risk of vocal cord paralysis in thyroidectomy.

Nurcihan Aygun Mehmet Taner Unlu Ozan Çalişkan Mehmet Köstek Adnan Isgor Mehmet Uludag

Published in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2024)

RLN crossing ITA anteriorly and RLN branching are frequent anatomical variations increasing the risk of VCP in thyroidectomy that cannot be predicted preoperatively. This study is the first one reporting that the relationship between RLN and ITA increased the risk of VCP.

Keyphrases

peripheral nerve
papillary thyroid
emergency department
squamous cell carcinoma
adverse drug
lymph node metastasis