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Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast

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Thyroid Cancer - What Is the Key Principle in Avoiding Injury to the Superior Laryngeal Nerve?

There's two different forms of thyroid hormones. There's T3 and T4. Most of it is produced peripherally with DIA dinesse. A midline mass that moves up and down with the patient's swallowing. Seven serum marker monitored for thyroid cancer recurrence. Thyroid globulin. And we talked a little bit about this, but what is a very key principle, Wu, in avoiding injury to the superior laryngeal nerve during a thyroidectomy? You want to stick right on that thyroid to avoid injuring the nerve.

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