Intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery

Abstract

Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injuries are one of the most significant complications in thyroid gland surgery. Visual identification of RLN is a part of every thyroid gland operation. In the last two decades Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) has become widely accepted and standard practice in many large workflow centres. IONM helps to facilitate the identification and provides useful information about functional integrity of RLN therefore helping reduce incidence of RLN injuries.