Intraoperative identification of the human communicating nerve during thyroidectomy

The human communicating nerve (HCN) is a connection between the superior and recurrent laryngeal nerves that has been described in cadaveric studies. We report a case of an extralaryngeal variant of the HCN that was identified and stimulated intraoperatively during thyroidectomy. This appears to be...

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Published in:J Surg Case Rep
Main Authors: Hodnett, Benjamin L., Schmitt, Nicole C., Thirumala, Parthasarathy D., Duvvuri, Umamaheswar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Case Reports
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677275/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666834
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv154
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