Extralaryngeal Terminal Division of the Inferior Laryngeal Nerve: Anatomical Classification by a Surgical Point of View

Table 2

The rate and lateral site of terminal division (bifurcation) of the inferior laryngeal nerve.

	Cases	Division	Bilateral division	Division at right side	Division at left side
Total thyroidectomy	100	43 (43)*	11	8	24
Inferior laryngeal nerve; Trifurcation	200	54 (27); 4 (2)		19 (19); 2 (2)	35 (35); 2 (2)
Sex (Female/male)	77/23	33/10		15/4	27/8

∗Numbers in parentheses are percentages.