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Loss of neuromonitoring signal during bilateral thyroidectomy: no systematic change in operative strategy according to a survey of the French Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AFCE)

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Khamsy, Lilly; Constanthin, Paul; Sadowski, Samira; Triponez, Frédéric

Published in

BMC surgery, vol. 15, no. 1, 95

Publication date

2015

Abstract

Total thyroidectomy presents a risk of bilateral vocal cord paralysis, which can lead to compromised airway. Visual Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve (RLN) identification significantly decreases this risk of RLN lesion. Yet, an anatomically intact nerve is not always functional. Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) allows to test in real time the function of the RLN. In case of loss of signal (LOS) on the first operated side, some authors recommend to stop the intervention. The purpose of this study was to characterize the operative strategy of the French-speaking surgeons in case of LOS on the first side in planned bilateral thyroidectomies.

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KHAMSY, Lilly et al. Loss of neuromonitoring signal during bilateral thyroidectomy: no systematic change in operative strategy according to a survey of the French Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AFCE). In: BMC surgery, 2015, vol. 15, n° 1, p. 95. doi: 10.1186/s12893-015-0082-5

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1471-2482
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