1. Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve and Associated Anatomical Variations: The Art of Prediction
Eur Thyroid J 2015;4: DOI: /
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2. Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve and Associated Anatomical Variations: The Art of Prediction
Eur Thyroid J 2015;4: DOI: /
© 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel

3. Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve and Associated Anatomical Variations: The Art of Prediction
Eur Thyroid J 2015;4: DOI: /
Fig. 1. Surgery in the first patient (a) and the second patient (b). 1 = Right NRLN; 2 = thyroid nodule; 3 = right hemithyroid.
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4. Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve and Associated Anatomical Variations: The Art of Prediction
Eur Thyroid J 2015;4: DOI: /
Fig. 2. Computed tomography: anterior (a) and posterior (b) views. 1 = Right aberrant subclavian artery with a retroesophageal course; 2 = common trunk of the 2 common carotids.
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5. Nonrecurrent Laryngeal Nerve and Associated Anatomical Variations: The Art of Prediction
Eur Thyroid J 2015;4: DOI: /
Fig. 3. Relationship of the NRLN to the laryngeal framework. 1, 2a, and 2b correspond to the type of nerve course. Adapted from Varghese et al. [21].
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