Clinical relevance and surgical anatomy of non-recurrent laryngeal nerve: 7 year experience.

Purpose: We report our clinical experience with non-recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve (NRLN).

Methods: We collected our data retrospectively during 7 years. Total thyroidectomies (TTEs; N = 626) and hemithyroidectomies (HTEs; N = 187) were performed in 766 patients (80.