A 58-year-old female, known case of multinodular goiter underwent sub-total thyroidectomy. After 8 days, patient again presented to the OPD with hoarseness of voice. The nerve which was damaged during the surgery supplies all the muscles marked except: -
THIS IS A CLASSICAL CASE OF RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE (RLN) PALSY POST THYROIDECTOMY. RLN SUPPLIES ALL THE MUSCLES OF LARYNX EXCEPT CRICOTHYROID WHICH IS SUPPLIED BY EXTERNAL LARYNGEAL NERVE.
MUSCLE B
MUSCLE A
MUSCLE D
MUSCLE C
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