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The Anatomical Relationship of Inferior Thyroid Artery and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: A Review of the Literature and Its Clinical Importance

BACKGROUND: Thyroidectomy is a quite common daily operation in general surgery. However, the anatomical structures of the region, mainly the relationship of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) and inferior thyroid artery (ITA) makes the procedure challenging. The current review of the literature aims to...

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Autores principales: Noussios, George, Chatzis, Iosif, Konstantinidis, Sergios, Filo, Eva, Spyrou, Antigone, Karavasilis, George, Katsourakis, Anastasios
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Publicado: Elmer Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7524559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33029270
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr4296
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author Noussios, George
Chatzis, Iosif
Konstantinidis, Sergios
Filo, Eva
Spyrou, Antigone
Karavasilis, George
Katsourakis, Anastasios
author_facet Noussios, George
Chatzis, Iosif
Konstantinidis, Sergios
Filo, Eva
Spyrou, Antigone
Karavasilis, George
Katsourakis, Anastasios
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description BACKGROUND: Thyroidectomy is a quite common daily operation in general surgery. However, the anatomical structures of the region, mainly the relationship of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) and inferior thyroid artery (ITA) makes the procedure challenging. The current review of the literature aims to report the anatomical variations of this relationship. METHODS: The preferred reporting items for systemic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were used for the systematic review of the articles found after an extensive research through PubMed, Science Direct, EMBASE and Web of Science. A total of 16 studies were included for the statistical analysis. RESULTS: The results showed that the most common type of RLN was posterior to the ITA. However, according to Higgins I(2) statistics the heterogeneity of the studies was quite high. CONCLUSIONS: The relationship between the RLN and the ITA is quite variable. Anatomical knowledge of the region is vital for attempting to eliminate the risk of injuring the nerve during thyroidectomy.
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spelling pubmed-75245592020-10-06 The Anatomical Relationship of Inferior Thyroid Artery and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: A Review of the Literature and Its Clinical Importance Noussios, George Chatzis, Iosif Konstantinidis, Sergios Filo, Eva Spyrou, Antigone Karavasilis, George Katsourakis, Anastasios J Clin Med Res Review BACKGROUND: Thyroidectomy is a quite common daily operation in general surgery. However, the anatomical structures of the region, mainly the relationship of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) and inferior thyroid artery (ITA) makes the procedure challenging. The current review of the literature aims to report the anatomical variations of this relationship. METHODS: The preferred reporting items for systemic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were used for the systematic review of the articles found after an extensive research through PubMed, Science Direct, EMBASE and Web of Science. A total of 16 studies were included for the statistical analysis. RESULTS: The results showed that the most common type of RLN was posterior to the ITA. However, according to Higgins I(2) statistics the heterogeneity of the studies was quite high. CONCLUSIONS: The relationship between the RLN and the ITA is quite variable. Anatomical knowledge of the region is vital for attempting to eliminate the risk of injuring the nerve during thyroidectomy. Elmer Press 2020-10 2020-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7524559/ /pubmed/33029270 http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr4296 Text en Copyright 2020, Noussios et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Noussios, George
Chatzis, Iosif
Konstantinidis, Sergios
Filo, Eva
Spyrou, Antigone
Karavasilis, George
Katsourakis, Anastasios
The Anatomical Relationship of Inferior Thyroid Artery and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: A Review of the Literature and Its Clinical Importance
title The Anatomical Relationship of Inferior Thyroid Artery and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: A Review of the Literature and Its Clinical Importance
title_full The Anatomical Relationship of Inferior Thyroid Artery and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: A Review of the Literature and Its Clinical Importance
title_fullStr The Anatomical Relationship of Inferior Thyroid Artery and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: A Review of the Literature and Its Clinical Importance
title_full_unstemmed The Anatomical Relationship of Inferior Thyroid Artery and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: A Review of the Literature and Its Clinical Importance
title_short The Anatomical Relationship of Inferior Thyroid Artery and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve: A Review of the Literature and Its Clinical Importance
title_sort anatomical relationship of inferior thyroid artery and recurrent laryngeal nerve: a review of the literature and its clinical importance
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7524559/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33029270
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/jocmr4296
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