case_images: PMC4813626_01
case_images: Total thyroidectomy for a multinodular goiter with the left lobe significantly bigger
case_images: JMedLife-07-90-g001.jpg
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case_images: F1
case_images: Ace CS14S. Although the left lobe was significantly bigger (Fig. 1), the dissection and identification of the recurrent laryngeal nerve were straightforward.
case_images: A transverse nervous structure emerging from the right vagus - non-recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve (ILN); the thyroid have been excised; CCA - common carotid artery; E - esophagus; TC - thyroid cartilage
case_images: JMedLife-07-90-g002.jpg
case_images: PMC4813626_01_JMedLife-07-90-g002.jpg
case_images: F2
case_images: We carefully dissected its entire length and preserved this structure (Fig. 2) that proved to be a non-recurrent ILN.