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Intra‐operative monitoring of vagal nerve activity with wire electrodes
Author(s) -
Ito H.,
Sobue K.,
So M.,
Hirate H.,
Sugiura T.,
Azami T.,
Fujita Y.,
Sasano H.,
Katsuya H.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01159.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endotracheal tube , recurrent laryngeal nerve , electromyography , thyroidectomy , anesthesia , tube (container) , surgery , thyroid , intubation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , mechanical engineering , engineering
A monitoring system for tracking the electromyogram (EMG) of the vocal cords with wire electrodes embedded in an endotracheal tube was designed to identify the recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy. Our recent experience in two cases suggests that vagal nerve activity can be correctly detected by recording of the EMG of the vocal cords using a special endotracheal tube embedded with wire electrodes.