TY - JOUR T1 - NOt available Y1 - 1999/03/01 N1 - 10.1001/archsurg.134.3.282 JO - Archives of Surgery SP - 282 EP - 282 VL - 134 IS - 3 N2 - The left recurrent laryngeal nerve loops around the aorta at the level of the ligamentum arteriosum and then extends up posterior to the inferior thyroid artery. The right recurrent laryngeal nerve branches off the vagus, loops around the right subclavian artery, and courses posterior to the inferior thyroid artery.1 SN - 0004-0010 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.134.3.282 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.3.282 ER -