Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

, Volume 394, Issue 3, pp 579–580 | Cite as

Energy based devices and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury: the need for safer instruments

Letter to the Editor
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Keywords

Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Thyroid Surgery Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury Endoscopic Thyroidectomy Suture Ligation 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Endocrine Surgery Research Center, Department of Surgical SciencesUniversity of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo—Polo UniversitarioVareseItaly

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