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Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy after thyroid gland surgery," British Journal of Surgery, vol.
Unilateral vocal cord paralysis: A review of CT findings, mediastinal causes, and the course of the
recurrent laryngeal nerves.RadioGraphics.
Recurrent laryngeal nerve paresis and paralysis is perhaps the most feared complication of thyroid surgery.
All patients were followed up for three months to observe adverse reactions, including surgical site infection,
recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, parathyroid crisis, hematomas and hoarseness.
Objectives: To assess
recurrent laryngeal nerve injury risk during thyroidectomy with and without routine identification of the
recurrent laryngeal nerve during surgery.
Specific symptoms can include recurrent chest infections not responding to antibiotic treatment, dyspnoea, haemoptysis, chest pain due to chest wall infiltration or pleural effusion and hoarseness due to
recurrent laryngeal nerve infiltration.
"Despite today's methods for a safe thyroidectomy, concern over permanent
recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and permanent hypoparathyroidism as a result of the hypervascularity of the thyroid gland prevents some physicians from recommending surgical therapy for Grave's disease," Dr.
Two published case reports described palliation of disease after Seihai-to therapy for refractory aspiration pneumonia caused by
recurrent laryngeal nerve paralysis and cerebrovascular disease.
The inferior paraganglia, located near the lateral margin of the cricoid cartilage in the cricotracheal membrane, are associated with the
recurrent laryngeal nerve (1, 3).
The clinical presentation is varied and ranges from an incidental finding on imaging or physical examination in the asymptomatic patient to a neck mass with compressive symptoms,
recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy, and sometimes hyperparathyroidism.
Computed tomography (CT) of the neck and thorax was performed which showed no lesions along the course of the
recurrent laryngeal nerve.