Sympathetic Nerve Injury in Thyroid Cancer

The double innervation of the thyroid comes from the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. Injury rates during surgery are at 30% but can be minimized by upwardly preparing the thyroid vessels at the level of thyroid capsule. Several factors have been accused of increasing the risk of inju...

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Main Authors: Evangelos Diamantis, Paraskevi Farmaki, Spyridon Savvanis, Georgios Athanasiadis, Theodoros Troupis, Christos Damaskos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 2018-04-01
Series:Acta Medica
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Online Access:https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/60/4/0135/