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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Autores principales: Hodnett, Benjamin L., Schmitt, Nicole C., Thirumala, Parthasarathy D., Duvvuri, Umamaheswar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4677275/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26666834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv154
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Sumario: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 the first case of intraoperative identification of this anatomic variant, of which the functional significance remains unclear.

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