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Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury after thyroidectomy

A national study from Saudi Arabia

Saad M. Alqahtani, Hanan R. Al-sohabi, Musaed F. Rayzah, Amani S. Alatawi, Areej A. AlFattani and Yousef S. Alalawi
Saudi Medical Journal January 2023, 44 (1) 80-84; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.1.20220710
Saad M. Alqahtani
From the Department of Surgery (Alqahtani, Rayzah), College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, from the Department of Surgery (Al-sohabi, Alalawi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Northwestern Region, from the Department of Surgery (Alatawi), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Tabuk, and from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Scientific Computing (AlFattani), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hanan R. Al-sohabi
From the Department of Surgery (Alqahtani, Rayzah), College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, from the Department of Surgery (Al-sohabi, Alalawi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Northwestern Region, from the Department of Surgery (Alatawi), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Tabuk, and from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Scientific Computing (AlFattani), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Musaed F. Rayzah
From the Department of Surgery (Alqahtani, Rayzah), College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, from the Department of Surgery (Al-sohabi, Alalawi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Northwestern Region, from the Department of Surgery (Alatawi), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Tabuk, and from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Scientific Computing (AlFattani), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Amani S. Alatawi
From the Department of Surgery (Alqahtani, Rayzah), College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, from the Department of Surgery (Al-sohabi, Alalawi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Northwestern Region, from the Department of Surgery (Alatawi), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Tabuk, and from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Scientific Computing (AlFattani), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Areej A. AlFattani
From the Department of Surgery (Alqahtani, Rayzah), College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, from the Department of Surgery (Al-sohabi, Alalawi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Northwestern Region, from the Department of Surgery (Alatawi), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Tabuk, and from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Scientific Computing (AlFattani), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Yousef S. Alalawi
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vol. 44 no. 1 80-84
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2023.44.1.20220710
PubMed 
36634946

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received October 7, 2022
  • Accepted December 14, 2022
  • Published online January 12, 2023.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (CC BY-NC). Readers may copy, distribute, and display the work for non-commercial purposes with the proper citation of the original work.

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  1. Saad M. Alqahtani, MD⇑,
  2. Hanan R. Al-sohabi, MBBS,
  3. Musaed F. Rayzah, MD⇑,
  4. Amani S. Alatawi, MBBS,
  5. Areej A. AlFattani, MPH, CCRP and
  6. Yousef S. Alalawi, MD
  1. From the Department of Surgery (Alqahtani, Rayzah), College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, from the Department of Surgery (Al-sohabi, Alalawi), King Salman Armed Forces Hospital Northwestern Region, from the Department of Surgery (Alatawi), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Tabuk, and from the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Scientific Computing (AlFattani), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Saad M. Alqahtani, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: drsaadalhabib{at}hotmail.com; sm.alqahtani{at}mu.edu.sa ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2198-7970
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Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2023, 44 (1) 80-84; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.1.20220710

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Saad M. Alqahtani, Hanan R. Al-sohabi, Musaed F. Rayzah, Amani S. Alatawi, Areej A. AlFattani, Yousef S. Alalawi
Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2023, 44 (1) 80-84; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2023.44.1.20220710
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