Open AccessSafety of Ligasure exact dissector in thyroidectomy with continuous neuromonitoring: a porcine model
Author(s) -
TzuYen Huang,
YiChu Lin,
HsinYi Tseng,
Gianlorenzo Dionigi,
HoonYub Kim,
ICheng Lu,
PiYing Chang,
FengYu Chiang,
CheWei Wu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
gland surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2227-8575
pISSN - 2227-684X
DOI - 10.21037/gs.2020.03.17
Subject(s) - medicine , recurrent laryngeal nerve , thyroidectomy , dissection (medical) , sternocleidomastoid muscle , electrophysiologic study , anesthesia , surgery , thyroid , tachycardia
The purpose of this study was to investigate and define safety parameters for using the Ligasure exact dissector (LED) for dissection close to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) during thyroidectomy.
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