Right Neck Dissection for Thyroid Cancer

Vocal cord injury during thyroid surgery is a very serious problem. Watch Dr Gary Clayman dissected out the right vocal cord nerve (recurrent laryngeal nerve) during thyroid surgery. The right recurrent laryngeal nerve can be damaged during thyroid surgery; here you can see all of the tiny branches of the nerve. See our page on how to find the best thyroid surgeon: http://www.thyroidcancer.com/t....hyroid-cancer-surger You must chose the most experienced thyroid surgeon or the chance of injury to the vocal cord nerve is high. Patients with injury to this nerve have a hard time with their voice. They cannot talk for months and have trouble eating and drinking liquids.