Treatment of XXXX by means of resection of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

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Over the last twelve years 44 @entity1 suffering from @entity7364 have been seen at Huddinge hospital. There were 34 @entity1 and 10 @entity1 . 22 of these @entity1 were for various reasons not regarded as candidates for surgery. The opposite applied to the remaining 22 @entity1 . The outcome of a temporary nerve block guided us (the surgeons and the @entity1 ) whether to operate or not. 12 @entity1 were thus operated upon by means of resection of the right recurrent laryngeal nerve. The immediate post-operative result was excellent in 11 of 12 @entity1 but the voice deteriorated in 4 @entity1 . They had revision surgery with a successful result in 3 of them. Also the other 7 @entity1 deteriorated to some extent but not to the degree that revision surgery was necessary. It is our hypothesis that recurrencies are caused by reinnervation of the sectioned nerve.
