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The blood supply to the thyroid and related organs has been described. The possible complications following ligation and/or dividing the inferior thyroid artery with the superior thyroid artery in thyroidectomy have been enumerated.
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Fitzgerald, P. Thyroid, tetany and trophic syndromes. I. J. Med. Sc. 2, 229–231 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02955380
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