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Does intraoperative neuromonitoring reduce recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries in patients undergoing thyroid surgery?
Does intraoperative neuromonitoring reduce recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries in patients undergoing thyroid surgery?
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Intraoperative neuromonitoring is a widely accepted adjunct to visual identification in thyroid surgery that helps assess nerve functional integrity and may reduce recurrent laryngeal nerve injuries.
Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injuries are one of the most significant complications in thyroid gland surgery. Visual identification of RLN is a part of every thyroid gland operation. In the last two decades Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) has become widely accepted and standard practice in many large workflow centres. IONM helps to facilitate the identification and provides useful information about functional integrity of RLN therefore helping reduce incidence of RLN injuries.
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