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Intermittent intraoperative nerve monitoring in thyroid reoperations: Preliminary results of a randomized, single‐surgeon study
Author(s) -
Hei Hu,
Zhou Bin,
Qin Jianwu,
Song Yongping
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.24365
Subject(s) - medicine , paralysis , recurrent laryngeal nerve , incidence (geometry) , thyroidectomy , surgery , thyroid , anesthesia , vocal cord paralysis , physics , optics
Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether intermittent intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM) could reduce the incidence of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) paralysis in thyroid reoperations. Methods Enrolled patients were randomly assigned into the nerve integrity monitor (NIM) group and the control group. Results The incidence of temporary RLN paralysis and permanent RLN paralysis was 12.2% and 4.9% in the NIM group compared with 7.0% and 2.3% in the control group ( p = .658 and p = .966, respectively). The incidence of surgeon‐related paralysis, tumor‐related paralysis, and scar‐related paralysis was 4.9%, 7.3%, and 4.9% in the NIM group compared with 4.7%, 2.3%, and 2.3% in the control group, respectively ( p = 1, p = .575, and p = .966, respectively). Conclusion Intermittent IONM could not provide additional benefits to reduce the incidence of temporary RLN paralysis and permanent RLN paralysis in thyroid reoperations. It could not reduce the incidence of paralysis caused by unintentional injuries. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck 38 : E1993–E1997, 2016