Recurrent laryngeal nerve landmarks during thyroidectomy

European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases
A-R Ngo NyekiG Bengono

Abstract

This study was designed to describe the various anatomical relations of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) during thyroid surgery in a Central African population. A prospective study was conducted between January 2012 and December 2012 in 5 otorhinolaryngology and head and neck surgery departments in Cameroon and Gabon. All patients undergoing total or subtotal thyroidectomy or loboisthmectomy with recurrent laryngeal nerve dissection, with no history of previous thyroid surgery, RLN dissection or tumour infiltration of the RLN, were included. Fifty-six patients were included, corresponding to 36 loboisthmectomies and 20 total or subtotal thyroidectomies. A total of 62 recurrent laryngeal nerves were identified: 32 on the right and 30 on the left. The course of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in relation to branches of the inferior thyroid artery (ITA) was retrovascular in 53.1% of cases on the right and 76.6% of cases on the left; transvascular in 15.6% of cases on the right and 13.4% of cases on the left. The course of the recurrent laryngeal nerve was modified by thyroid disease in 12.9% of cases. Six cases (9.7%) of extralaryngeal division of the recurrent laryngeal nerve were observed. No case of non-recurrent nerve was obs...Continue Reading

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