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
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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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author Hodnett, Benjamin L.
Schmitt, Nicole C.
Thirumala, Parthasarathy D.
Duvvuri, Umamaheswar
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description 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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spelling pubmed-46772752015-12-16 Intraoperative identification of the human communicating nerve during thyroidectomy Hodnett, Benjamin L. Schmitt, Nicole C. Thirumala, Parthasarathy D. Duvvuri, Umamaheswar J Surg Case Rep Case Reports 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. Oxford University Press 2015-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC4677275/ /pubmed/26666834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv154 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Intraoperative identification of the human communicating nerve during thyroidectomy
title Intraoperative identification of the human communicating nerve during thyroidectomy
title_full Intraoperative identification of the human communicating nerve during thyroidectomy
title_fullStr Intraoperative identification of the human communicating nerve during thyroidectomy
title_full_unstemmed Intraoperative identification of the human communicating nerve during thyroidectomy
title_short Intraoperative identification of the human communicating nerve during thyroidectomy
title_sort intraoperative identification of the human communicating nerve during thyroidectomy
topic Case Reports
url 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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