The use of superior parathyroid gland as an anatomical landmark in identifying recurrent laryngeal nerve during total thyroidectomy: a prospective single-surgeon study

CONCLUSION: In conclusion, this prospective single-surgeon thyroidectomy series study indicates the likelihood of localizing the RLN in close proximity to SPG during total thyroidectomy operations. Hence, the SPG can be used as a landmark to identify RLN, and as part of routine parathyroid-sparing thyroidectomy, it may represent a convenient complementary approach to minimize the risk of iatrogenic injury to RLN in patients with an intact SPG.PMID:38318089 | PMC:PMC10838654 | DOI:10.4174/astr.2024.106.2.63
Source: Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research