A safe technique for thyroidectomy with complete nerve dissection and parathyroid preservation.

A series of 1,000 consecutive thyroid operations is presented, without a case of permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. Emphasis is placed on the identification of variations and complete dissection of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, including peripheral branches and technical aspects of the dissection. Sixty-five percent of the cases had multiple terminal branches of the recurrent laryngeal nerve and five cases on the right side had a nonrecurrent course.

Emergency minilaparoscopy in abdominal trauma. An update.

In 106 cases of blunt abdominal trauma, the emergency minilaparoscope was used as a diagnostic tool. In 57 patients (53.5 percent), the findings proved to be negative.