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Recurrent laryngeal nerve protection in thyroidectomy

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    D. S. O’Riordain & M. P. Brady

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An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02942816.

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O’Riordain, D.S., Brady, M.P. Recurrent laryngeal nerve protection in thyroidectomy. I.J.M.S. 164, 265–266 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02967198

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