Nerve Injury In Thyroid Surgery
Tarek Abd El-Hamid Hamdy;
Abstract
Laryngeal nerves are at risk during thyroid surgery. To decrease the risk of their injury, the surgeon must have a deep knowledge about the thyroid region's surgical anatomy and to be aware of the extremely varying courses of the nerves and their relations.
The finding of preoperative asymptomatic paralysed vocal cord may be important to document if this will change surgical management or if a postoperative voice change occurs. It is also important medicolegally. The majority of post thyroidectomy voice complains results from trauma to external branch of superior laryngeal nerve. The clinical signs of this injury are minimal, frequently missed by indirect laryngoscopy and need a specialized phoniatric techniques such as video strobolaryngoscopy and electromyography.
Thyroidectomy is one of the most common operations performed throughout the world. Total thyroidectomy does not
The finding of preoperative asymptomatic paralysed vocal cord may be important to document if this will change surgical management or if a postoperative voice change occurs. It is also important medicolegally. The majority of post thyroidectomy voice complains results from trauma to external branch of superior laryngeal nerve. The clinical signs of this injury are minimal, frequently missed by indirect laryngoscopy and need a specialized phoniatric techniques such as video strobolaryngoscopy and electromyography.
Thyroidectomy is one of the most common operations performed throughout the world. Total thyroidectomy does not
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| Title | Nerve Injury In Thyroid Surgery | Other Titles | اصابات الاعصاب فى جراحات الغده الدرقيه | Authors | Tarek Abd El-Hamid Hamdy | Issue Date | 2002 |
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