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01-09-2009 | Letter to the Editor

Reply to Dr. Agarwal’s letter to the Editor “Recurrent laryngeal nerve, phonation and voice preservation—energy devices in thyroid surgery—A note of caution”

Author: Gianlorenzo Dionigi

Published in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery | Issue 5/2009

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Title: Reply to Dr. Agarwal’s letter to the Editor “Recurrent laryngeal nerve, phonation and voice preservation—energy devices in thyroid surgery—A note of caution”
Author: Gianlorenzo Dionigi
Publication date: 01-09-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 1435-2443
Electronic ISSN: 1435-2451
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00423-009-0512-x

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