Bilateral patterns and motor function of the extralaryngeal branching of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

Ismail Cem SormazFatih TuncaYasemin Giles Şenyürek

Published in: Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA (2018)

Unilateral ELB of the RLN might be observed in approximately 1/4 of the patients, while bilateral branching is rare. A few number of posterior branches of the RLN can have motor function. The RLN's with ELB might have a higher risk of injury compared to those with a single trunk.

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