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Author’s Reply: Single Dose Steroid Injection After Loss of Signal (LOS) During Thyroid Surgery is Effective to Recover Electric Signal Avoiding Vocal Cord Palsy and the Need of Staged Thyroidectomy: Prospective Evaluation on 702 Patients

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Donatini, G., Danion, J., Zerrweck, C. et al. Author’s Reply: Single Dose Steroid Injection After Loss of Signal (LOS) During Thyroid Surgery is Effective to Recover Electric Signal Avoiding Vocal Cord Palsy and the Need of Staged Thyroidectomy: Prospective Evaluation on 702 Patients. World J Surg 44, 1689–1690 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-020-05477-3

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