METHOD FOR PREVENTING RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES ACCOMPANYING THYROID OPERATIONS

摘要

FIELD: medicine.;SUBSTANCE: method involves mobilising thyroid and dissecting pretracheal, prelaryngeal and paratracheal subcutaneous fat. What is used is a water-jet dissector at water jet pressure 25 bars.;EFFECT: method enables reducing the incidence of a recurrent laryngeal nerve injury, dysphagia and disturbed phonation by the sparing effect of the water-jet dissector at specific water jet pressure on the recurrent laryngeal nerve.;2 ex