title: Nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve during carotid artery surgery: case report and literature review.
abstract: The anomalous position of a nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve predisposes it to injury during surgery in the neck. We present the case of a patient who underwent a carotid endarterectomy in which a rare left nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve was found intraoperatively. This abnormality, which occurs much less often on the left than the right side of the neck, should be familiar to vascular surgeons. Historical, embryologic, and surgical significance of this anomaly is addressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8062, USA.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Coady
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Davila
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gahtan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities*