Intraoperative electrophysiologic monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid and parathyroid surgery: Experience with 1,381 nerves at risk

• Published in: The Laryngoscope Vol. 127; no. 1; p. 280
• Main Authors: Randolph, Gregory W, Kamani, Dipti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2017
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Electromyography; Female; Humans; Laryngoscopy; Male; Middle Aged; Monitoring, Intraoperative - instrumentation; Monitoring, Intraoperative - methods; Parathyroidectomy; Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve - physiopathology; Retrospective Studies; Thyroidectomy; Vocal Cord Paralysis - etiology; Vocal Cord Paralysis - physiopathology; vocal cord paralysis; electromyography; intraoperative nerve monitoring; nerve mapping; Recurrent laryngeal nerve

The electrophysiologic responses of 1,381 recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLN) during monitored neck surgery were recorded and reviewed. Retrospective case series. With institutional review board approval, we reviewed thyroid and other neck surgeries performed with intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM)...