갑상선 유두암 수술 중 확인된 비회귀성 반회후두신경

• Published in: Annals of surgical treatment and research Vol. 75; no. 6; pp. 439 - 442
• Main Authors: 전강웅(Kang-Woong Jun), 원대연(Dae-Yeon Won), 배자성(Ja-Sung Bae), 성기영(Ki Young Sung), 김정수(Jung-Soo Kim), 전해명(Hae-Myoung Chun), 정상설(Sang-Seol Chung), 박우찬(Woo-Chan Park)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 대한외과학회 01.12.2008
• Subjects: 일반외과학; Thyroid papillary carcinoma; Non-recurrent laryngeal nerve; 비회귀성 반회후두신경; 갑상선 유두상 암종
• ISSN: 2288-6575; 2288-6796

A nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve has a reported incidence of 0.3 to 1.6%, and they mainly occur on the right side of neck during thyroidectomy. We experienced a case of nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve during surgery for papillary thyroid cancer. Total thyroidectomy with central and right lateral node dissection was performed in a 53-year-old female patient for her papillary thyroid cancer. During right central node dissection at the 4th tracheal ring level, the recurrent laryngeal nerve was found as a direct branch from the vagus nerve across the common carotid artery at the posterior aspect and no any other vascular abnormality was found on the operative field. During thyroid surgery, a surgeon should be careful not to damage a nonrecurrrent laryngeal nerve that's found incidentally. (J Korean Surg Soc 2008;75:439-442) KCI Citation Count: 0