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Preventing nerve damage during thyroid surgeries
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Thyroid sugery is a potential risk for vital nerves which
include recurrent laryngeal nerve and superior
laryngeal nerve. Out of these two damage to recurrent
laryngeal nerve leaves the patient with a hoarse voice.
Situation is more disastrous if recurrent laryngeal
nerve is damaged on both sides during total
thyroidectomy. This leads to bilateral abductor
paralysis condeming the patient to life long
tracheostomy. This article discusses various
preventive steps that can be taken while performing
thyroidectomies to avoid injury to recurrent laryngeal
nerves. This record was migrated from the OpenDepot repository service in June, 2017 before shutting down.
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