Thyroid Cancer Invading Voice Box Nerve

Vocal cord nerves can be involved with thyroid cancer. The vocal cord nerve, called the voice box nerve, or recurrent laryngeal nerve controls the vocal cords and how you talk, If this nerve is injured during thyroid surgery you will lose control of the vocal cords and lose your voice. In this video, Dr Gary Clayman shows how a thyroid cancer has grown into and around the voice box recurrent laryngeal nerve and how the cancer is dissected away from the nerve to save the patient’s voice. This video has lots of great anatomy and helps you understand how important it is to have a very experienced thyroid surgeon. Dr Clayman heads the Clayman Thyroid Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida. http://www.thyroidcancer.com and has patients travel from all over the world to have him perform their thyroid cancer surgery http://www.thyroidcancer.com/testimonials