recurrent laryngeal nerve

Not to be confused with damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

Bilateral injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve would cause this condition.

He also connected a key nerve, known as the recurrent laryngeal nerve, on one side.

The recurrent laryngeal nerve typical lies lateral to this ligament.

The nerve of Arch 6 becomes the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

One particular discovery he made was of the importance of the recurrent laryngeal nerves.

Another operation called "recurrent laryngeal nerve avulsion" has positive outcomes of 80% at three years.

This is due to the recurrent laryngeal nerve winding around the arch of the aorta.

The relationship between the recurrent laryngeal nerve and inferior thyroid artery is highly variable.

Below the vocal folds it is by way of branches of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

Palsy of the recurrent laryngeal nerve is termed Ortner's syndrome.

The recurrent laryngeal nerve passes upward generally behind, but occasionally in front of, the inferior thyroid artery.

Symptoms are sometimes confused with bronchitis or a strong cough because the tumour presses on the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

Recurrent Laryngeal nerve injury may occur during the ligature of the inferior thyroid artery.

The right recurrent laryngeal nerve is more susceptible to damage during thyroid surgery due to its relatively medial location.

The injection of dye into the inferior thyroid artery can be used as an alternate method in identification the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

It contains the ligamentum arteriosum, the recurrent laryngeal nerve, lymph nodes, and fatty tissue.

The route of the recurrent laryngeal nerve is such that it travels from the brain to the larynx by looping around the aortic arch.

If both of the recurrent laryngeal nerves are paralyzed, shortness of breath may develop and necessitate tracheotomy.

Another sign may be an unusually husky, raspy, or hoarse-sounding cough, a result of the tumor affecting the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

One nerve is the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which becomes the inferior laryngeal nerve.

A primary cause of aphonia is bilateral disruption of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which supplies nearly all the muscles in the larynx.

The tumour can also compress the recurrent laryngeal nerve and from this a hoarse voice and bovine cough may occur.

In this region the recurrent laryngeal nerve and the inferior thyroid artery pass next to or in the ligament and tubercle.

The glottis closes (muscles innervated by recurrent laryngeal nerve) and the vocal cords contract to shut the larynx.