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Neurologic and Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Larynx

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Injuries to the vagus and glossopharyngeal nerves and their branches are usually iatrogenic. In this chapter, etiologies of these injuries are reviewed, along with the mechanisms and physiology of nerve injury and recovery at the cellular level. The problems of nerve regeneration as it pertains to the recurrent laryngeal nerve, which carries both adductor and abductor fibers to the larynx, are described. Clinical implications of these injuries are reviewed, and current diagnostic procedures and principles of treatment of these problems are summarized. New treatment ideas that are currently under investigation are also described.

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Paniello, R.C. (2020). Iatrogenic Injury. In: Weissbrod, P., Francis, D. (eds) Neurologic and Neurodegenerative Diseases of the Larynx. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28852-5_19

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