Mini-invasive thyroidectomy and Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM): a single high-volume center experience in 215 consecutive cases.

CONCLUSIONS: In our experience we report that the use of IONM in MIVAT is as helpful to improve the safe of procedure. The risk of nerve palsy in literature associated to MIVAT is the same of the related one to classic technique (CT). We haven't identify a statistical positivity to use IONM in MIVAT related to MIVAT without IONM. In our previous experience cases series of MIVAT the percentage of transitory nerve palsy reported was 2,4% (p=ns). The most important IONM effect, in our opinion is the "safety feeling" experienced by the surgeon using IONM in a more challenging procedure. As a University Hospital, training surgery residents, we also identified the IONM as a very useful teaching support. PMID: 32456402 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Minerva Chirurgica - Category: Surgery Tags: Minerva Chir Source Type: research