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

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  1. Endocrine Surgery Research Center, Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Insubria, Ospedale di Circolo—Polo Universitario, Viale Borri, 57, 21100, Varese, Italy

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Dionigi, G. Energy based devices and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury: the need for safer instruments. Langenbecks Arch Surg 394, 579–580 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-008-0454-8

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