Intraoperative nerve monitoring during thyroidectomy: evaluation of signal loss, prognostic value and surgical strategy.

CONCLUSIONS: Intraoperative neural monitoring can be used safely in thyroid surgery to avoid recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. It enables the surgeon to diagnose recurrent laryngeal nerve injury intraoperatively to estimate the postoperative nerve function and to modify the surgical strategy to avoid bilateral vocal cord paralysis.
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Source: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England - June 19, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Gür EO, Haciyanli M, Karaisli S, Haciyanli S, Kamer E, Acar T, Kumkumoglu Y Tags: Ann R Coll Surg Engl Source Type: research