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Acta Chirurgica Belgica Volume 121, 2021 - Issue 4
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Intra-operative vagal neuromonitoring predicts non-recurrent laryngeal nerves: technical notes and review of the recent literature

S. Van Slyckea Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw (OLV) Clinic Aalst, Aalst, Belgium;b Department of Head and Skin, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium;c Department of General Surgery, AZ Damiaan, Ostend, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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K. Van Den Heedea Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw (OLV) Clinic Aalst, Aalst, Belgium
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K. Magamadova Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw (OLV) Clinic Aalst, Aalst, Belgium
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J.-P. Gillardina Department of General and Endocrine Surgery, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw (OLV) Clinic Aalst, Aalst, Belgium
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H. Vermeerschb Department of Head and Skin, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium;d Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, BelgiumORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5037-4540
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N. Brusselaersb Department of Head and Skin, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium;e Department of Microbiology, Tumour and Cell Biology, Centre for Translational Microbiome Research, Karolinkska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, SwedenORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0137-447X
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Pages 248-253 | Received 25 Nov 2019, Accepted 19 Jan 2020, Published online: 02 Feb 2020

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