- Characteristics of patients with recurrent laryngeal nerve injury.
| Patient no. | Age (years) | Pathology | Type of pathology | Procedure | Type of injury | Side | Neck dissection | Other features |
| 1 | 63 | Malignant | Papillary thyroid cancer | Total thyroidectomy | Temporary | Unilateral | Yes | -Retrosternal extension-Extrathyroidal extension |
| 2 | 28 | Benign | Diffuse toxic goiter | Total thyroidectomy | Temporary | Unilateral | No | - |
| 3 | 39 | Benign | Multinodular goiter | Total thyroidectomy | Temporary | Unilateral | No | Retrosternal extension |
| 4 | 43 | Benign | Hashimoto’s thyroiditis | Right-hemi thyroidectomy | Temporary | Unilateral | No | Adhesions |
| 5 | 41 | Benign | Multinodular goiter with cystic degeneration | Total thyroidectomy | Permanent | Bilateral | No | -Huge left lobe-Adhesions and fibrosis |