Abstract:Objectives 1) To evaluate the efficacy of a nerve monitoring(NM) system in a series of patients submitted to thyroidectomy; 2) To critically analyze the negative-predictive-value(NPV) and positive-predictive-value(PPV) of the method. Methods NIM® system efficacy was prospectively analyzed in 447 patients submitted to thyroidectomy between 2001 and 2008(366 female/81 male; 420 Caucasian/47 non-Caucasian; 11- to 82-years-old, median: 43 year-old). There were 421 total thyroidectomies and 21 partial thyroidectomi… Show more
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