Vestibular Landmarks to Minimize Injury to the Mental Nerve During Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy-Vestibular Approach (TOETVA) Procedure: An Anatomical Study
Abstract:The aim of this study is to reveal the morphometry of the mental nerve to describe a safe zone for minimizing mental nerve damage during transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy-vestibular approach (TOETVA). This study was performed on 12 cadavers. Localization of mental foramen according to teeth, distances of buccogingival sulcus-lip (BG-L), mental foramen-midline (MF-Midline), mental foramen -buccogingival sulcus (MF -BG), commissure -branching point (Cm -Br), branching point -vertical projection of branching poi… Show more
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