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Continuous Neuromonitoring of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve

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In recent years, intraoperative neuromonitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerves (RLN) has been gaining an ever-increasing acceptance as a method that supplements the standard of visualization of the nerve for evaluating its functional integrity. At present, three types of intraoperative neurophysiological nerve monitoring are performed: (1) intermittent RLN neuromonitoring (i-IONM), (2) continuous RLN neuromonitoring (c-IONM), and (3) neuromonitoring of the EBSLN. In this chapter, an outline of the most current approach to c-IONM of the RLN during thyroid surgery is provided with special emphasis put on potential of this method in preventing neural injury.

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  1. Department of Endocrine Surgery, Third Chair of General Surgery, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland

    Marcin Barczyński

  2. Department of General, Visceral and Vascular Surgery, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

    Rick Schneider

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  2. Department Otolaryngology and Endocrinology, Augusta University Thyroid and Parathyroid Center, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA

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Barczyński, M., Schneider, R. (2021). Continuous Neuromonitoring of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve. In: Singer, M.C., Terris, D.J. (eds) Innovations in Modern Endocrine Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73951-5_12

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