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The recurrent laryngeal nerve: related vascular anatomy
S Moreau1, M Goullet de Rugy, E Babin
1Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire, Caen, France.
The Laryngoscope
|September 17, 1998
Abstract:
This study was based on 34 recurrent laryngeal nerve dissections after arterial casting with red-colored latex. The aim was to provide specific information about the perineural microvasculature. This study established the following points: 1. a great anatomic variability does exist; 2. the laryngeal nerve is usually in relation to the posterior branch of the inferior thyroid artery; and 3. this vascular branch is sometimes replaced with a vascular network. In all cases, this microvascularization must be preserved during thyroid surgery.