Table 7 - Percent reduction in glottic closing force by section of different laryngeal nerves*


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Anatomy and development and physiology of the larynx

Clarence T. Sasaki

GI Motility online (2006)

doi:10.1038/gimo7

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SubjectControl (protocol I)SLN section (protocol II)Combined SLN-RLN section (protocol III)RLN section (protocol IV)

*Student's t-test: p <.01.

1100%47.51%13.78% 
2100%62.06%27.58% 
3100%52.86%26.67% 
4100%  28.93%
5100%  25.68%
6100%  15.57%
Mean100%54.14%*22.67%*23.39%*