Lessons from animal studies on recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring

Antonia Catalfamo, Fausto Famà, Francesca Pia Pergolizzi, Ettore Caruso, Antonella Pino, Alessandro Pontin, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Che Wei Wu

Abstract


Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury is a significant morbidity associated with thyroid surgery. Surgeons have increasingly used intraoperative neural monitoring (IONM) as an adjunct technique for identifying the RLNand predicting the outcome of vocal cord function. Many animal studies have investigated limits, adjournments and new applications of IONM. The advent of animal studies has substantially improved understanding of IONM technology and the electrophysiology of RLN. Lessons learned from animal studies have clinical applications in establishing proper strategies for preventing nerve injury.

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ntraoperative neural monitoring (IONM), recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN), thyroid surgery, animal study, translation research

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.6092/1828-6550/APMB.107.1.2019.SD4

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