The recurrent laryngeal nerve: related vascular anatomy.
This study was based on 34 recurrent laryngeal nerve dissections after arterial casting with red-colored latex. The aim was to provide specific information about the perineural microvasculature. This study established the following points: 1. a great anatomic variability does exist; 2. the laryngeal nerve is usually in relation to the posterior branch of the inferior thyroid artery; and 3. this vascular branch is sometimes replaced with a vascular network. In all cases, this microvascularization must be preserved during thyroid surgery.
Moreau
S
S
Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngologie et Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale, Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire, Caen, France.
Goullet de Rugy
M
M
Babin
E
E
Salame
E
E
Delmas
P
P
Valdazo
A
A
D002102:Cadaver; D049669:History, 16th Century; D006801:Humans; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves / Q000033:anatomy & histology*