Figure 2.

Functional and morphological results of an animal from group 1 (1 mm). (A) Operative field showing the harmonic scalpel being applied at a distance of 1 mm from the recurrent laryngeal nerve. (B) Postoperative vocal cord examination showing a fixed, paramedian left vocal cord. (C) Nerve stained with Luxol fast blue showing atrophic changes including marked myelin and axonal loss (Scale bar, 10 µm).