RLN injury during thyroidectomy can result from transection, clamping, stretching, electrothermal injury, ligature entrapment, or ischemia [6]. Moreover, Anatomical integrity of the RLN does not indicate intact function [7].The risk factors that increase RLN injury during thyroidectomy are primary or recurrent malignant diseases, recurrent benign diseases, thyrotoxicosis, the extent of the surgery, routine non-observance of RLN (no RLN dissection), low-volume hospital or surgeon, substernal goiter, nerve branching, aberrant course of the nerve, and presence of non- .The use of intraoperative nerve monitoring is a luxury that cannot be afforded by many centers and hence there is
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