Does intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring reduce recurrent laryngeal nerve injury rates in patients undergoing thyroid surgery?
Intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring does not significantly reduce the rate of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury compared to visualization alone during thyroid surgery.
When compared to VA alone, using IONM failed to significantly reduce RLNI rates during thyroid surgery.
Davey et al. (2022) studied this question.