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Laryngeal nerve injury during thyroid surgery

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland

    M. J. Donnelly & T. P. O≿dwyer

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Donnelly, M.J., O≿dwyer, T.P. Laryngeal nerve injury during thyroid surgery. I J M S 165, 303 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02943099

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