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Arch Surg. 2001;136:949.

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The nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve is a variant in which the nerve passes from the vagus directly into the larynx at the level of the inferior horn of the thyroid cartilage. This variant occurs in 1 of every 200 cases, is almost always on the right side, and is frequently associated with an aberrant right subclavian artery.¹

1. Advanced Surgical Recall. Courtesy of: Blackbourne LH, Fleischer KJ. Philadelphia, Pa: Williams & Wilkins; 1997:537.

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