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Table 1 The Crico-Arytenoid Unit (CAU)

From: Organ preservation surgery for laryngeal cancer

Cartilage

⇨ Cricoid-signet ring

 

⇨ Arytenoids (+ Corniculate/Cuneiform)

Muscles

⇨ Posterior cricoarytenoid

 

⇨ Lateral cricoarytenoid

 

⇨ Inter arytenoids

Nerves

⇨ Recurrent laryngeal nerve

 

⇨ Superior laryngeal nerve