Preventing Nerve Damage During Thyroid Surgeries
Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: Thyroid sugery is a potential risk for vital nerves which include recurrent laryngeal nerve and superior laryngeal nerve. Out of these two damage to recurrent laryngeal nerve leaves the patient with a hoarse voice. Situation is more disastrous if recurrent laryngeal nerve is damaged on both sides during total thyroidectomy. This leads to bilateral abductor paralysis condeming the patient to life long tracheostomy. This article discusses various preventive steps that can be taken while performing thyroidectomies to avoid injury to recurrent laryngeal nerves. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.
Authors: Balasubramanian, Thiagarajan, Geetha, Ramamoorthy
Institution: Stanley Medical College
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2281513406