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Atsumi Tamura1, Hidemitsu Tsutsui2, Yukiko Yano2

  • 1Department of Chest and Thyroid Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan. atsumi0107@gmail.com.

Surgery Today
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Energy-based devicesIntraoperative monitoringRecurrent laryngeal nerve palsyThermal effectsThyroidectomy

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