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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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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. |
spellingShingle | Review 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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