Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Nerve Monitoring During Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

Johnny Cappiello*
Routine identification of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) with or without intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) has decreased the rates of temporary or permanent palsy, ranging from 6 to 1 % of cases in more experienced centers, in which trained surgeons perform more than 100 procedures per year, out of these criteria the percentage of neural injuries exceed 10%, particularly in reoperative cases.

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