Identifying the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: Preventing a major risk of morbidity during thyroidectomy
Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve (NRLN) is a rare anomaly which is reported in 0.3%-0.8% of people on the right side and in 0.004% (extremely rare) on the left side. Damage to this nerve during the surgical procedure may lead to severe iatrogenic morbidity and should therefore be prevented from being d...
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| author | Rahim Mahmodlou Mohammad Reza Aghasi Nariman Sepehrvand |
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| description | Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve (NRLN) is a rare anomaly which is reported in 0.3%-0.8% of people on the right side and in 0.004% (extremely rare) on the left side. Damage to this nerve during the surgical procedure may lead to severe iatrogenic morbidity and should therefore be prevented from being damaged. The best way to avoid this damage to the nerve is to identify the nerve with a systematic diligent dissection based on usual anatomical landmarks and awareness about the possibility of their existence. Hereby, we are going to present a 26-year-old woman, a case of NRLN on the right side which was identified during thyroidectomy. The nervous anomaly was accompanied with vascular abnormality which was confirmed by computerized tomography (CT) angiography, post-operatively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27b8cb3a9bb540a090bb281671c7e8472022-12-21T19:45:08ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Preventive Medicine2008-78022008-82132013-01-0142237240Identifying the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: Preventing a major risk of morbidity during thyroidectomyRahim MahmodlouMohammad Reza AghasiNariman SepehrvandNon-recurrent laryngeal nerve (NRLN) is a rare anomaly which is reported in 0.3%-0.8% of people on the right side and in 0.004% (extremely rare) on the left side. Damage to this nerve during the surgical procedure may lead to severe iatrogenic morbidity and should therefore be prevented from being damaged. The best way to avoid this damage to the nerve is to identify the nerve with a systematic diligent dissection based on usual anatomical landmarks and awareness about the possibility of their existence. Hereby, we are going to present a 26-year-old woman, a case of NRLN on the right side which was identified during thyroidectomy. The nervous anomaly was accompanied with vascular abnormality which was confirmed by computerized tomography (CT) angiography, post-operatively.http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2013;volume=4;issue=2;spage=237;epage=240;aulast=MahmodlouInferior laryngeal nervenon-recurrentthyroidectomy |
| spellingShingle | Rahim Mahmodlou Mohammad Reza Aghasi Nariman Sepehrvand Identifying the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: Preventing a major risk of morbidity during thyroidectomy International Journal of Preventive Medicine Inferior laryngeal nerve non-recurrent thyroidectomy |
| title | Identifying the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: Preventing a major risk of morbidity during thyroidectomy |
| title_full | Identifying the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: Preventing a major risk of morbidity during thyroidectomy |
| title_fullStr | Identifying the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: Preventing a major risk of morbidity during thyroidectomy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identifying the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: Preventing a major risk of morbidity during thyroidectomy |
| title_short | Identifying the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: Preventing a major risk of morbidity during thyroidectomy |
| title_sort | identifying the non recurrent laryngeal nerve preventing a major risk of morbidity during thyroidectomy |
| topic | Inferior laryngeal nerve non-recurrent thyroidectomy |
| url | http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2013;volume=4;issue=2;spage=237;epage=240;aulast=Mahmodlou |
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