Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury is one of the main complications of thyroidectomy. Since variability in the course of the nerve increases the risk of injury, routine nerve exploration is recommended. In this report, we present two cases of non-recurrent laryngeal nerve found during total thyroidectomy performed for benign pathologies. Total thyroidectomy was performed on two female patients (52 and 54 years old) with a diagnosis of multi-nodular goiter in our clinics. Nerve exploration was performed routinely and non-recurrent laryngeal nerve was noted in both patients. Patients were discharged on the first postoperative day without any complications. Recurrent laryngeal nerve exploration does not increase the risk of nerve injury and ensures safety in case of non-recurrent laryngeal nerve presence, despite its rarity.
We read the article entitled 'Quality of life after stapler haemorrhoidectomy evaluated by SF-36 questionnaire' by Erdoğdu and friends published in the last issue of Ulusal Cerrahi Dergisi (Ulusal Cer Der 2013; 29: 59-62) with great interest (1). We presume that the author thinks "stapled hemorrhoidectomy" process is the same process as "stapled hemorrhoidopexy". The procedure is named as stapled hemorrhoidectomy in the title, as "stapled hemorrhoidopexy" in the introduction, and as "stapled hemorrhoidectomy " in material and methods section. In fact, these two definitions describing different surgical procedures also have different meanings according to their terminology (Hemorrhoidectomy; excision of hemorrhoids-hemorrhoidopexy ; hanging of hemorrhoids), and we see that they are used as synonyms in the literature. The aim of this letter is to correct this misperception and emphasize that the term that best describes the procedure is "stapled hemorrhoidopexy".
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