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dc.contributor.authorRajapaksha, A.
dc.contributor.authorFernando, R.
dc.contributor.authorRanasinghe, N.
dc.contributor.authorIddagoda, S.
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-04T21:32:49Z
dc.date.available2015-06-04T21:32:49Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationThe .Ceylon Medical Journal. 2015; 60(1) : pp.23-24en_US
dc.identifier.issn0009-0875 (Print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/8014
dc.descriptionIndexed in MEDLINEen_US
dc.description.abstractThe tubercle of Zuckerkandl (ZT) is an embryological remnant of the thyroid gland. Its close relationship to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) makes it an important surgical landmark. Presence and size of the ZT was prospectively assessed during thyroidectomies done at a single surgicalunit during 2013. Eighty patients were included in the study. Closest distance and relationship of the ZT to the RLN was measured. Median age was 48 years (range 20-75 years). The ZT was present in 72 (90%) patients at least on one side and 55 (69%) patients on both sides. Grade III tubercles were found in 17 (21.25%) patients. Average distance between RLN and the ZT was 1.2 mm posteriorly or posteromedially. In the majority (79%) RLN was lying at a distance of ≤1 mm. Pressure symptoms were present in 19 (23.75%) patients and it was not related to the presence of grade III tubercles (p = 0.207).en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSri Lanka Medical Associationen_US
dc.subjectThyroid Gland-surgeryen_US
dc.titleMorphology of the tubercle of Zuckerkandl and its importance in thyroid surgeryen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.departmentSurgeryen
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