Place and value of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) palpatory method in preventing RLN palsy during thyroid surgery

作者: Áron Altorjay , Zoltán Tihanyi , Ferenc Luka , Árpád Juhász , Zsuzsanna Bencsik

DOI: 10.1002/HED.20996

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摘要: Background. In recent years, certain publications have appeared confirming that intraoperative palpation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is a very reliable method. Method. The characteristics surgical anatomy 1023 RLN been summarized on basis palpability, running down, branching variations, thickness, and entry site. Results. Palpation was helpful in 81.4% (833/1023), proved false positive 8.2% (84/1023), 10.4% (106/1023) it no help exact localization. Definitive palsy experienced 0.78% all cases (8/1023), while transient paresis encountered 1.2% (12/1023). Only moderately strong stochastic correlation could be found between palsies those nerves which were nonpalpable atypical, showed joint occurrence being both thinner than normal already before plane inferior thyroid artery (Cramer's associate coefficient, C = 0.383). Conclusion. Palpation alone cannot substitute visualization proper dissection nerve. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2009

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