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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
Volume 223, Issue 5, Pages 918-922Publisher
EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.10.013
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Intraoperative neuromonitoring; Thyroidectomy; Recurrent laryngeal nerve injury; Thyroid neoplasm; Thyroidectomy for neoplasm-related disease
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This study demonstrates that intraoperative neuromonitoring (INM) during thyroidectomy is associated with a significant reduction in the odds of severe RLNi, with nearly 80% decreased odds.
Objective: Conflicting reports exist regarding the benefit of intraoperative neuromonitoring (INM) for patients undergoing thyroidectomy. We hypothesized that in a national sample, the risk of mild and severe RLNi is decreased for patients undergoing neoplasm-related disease (NRD) thyroidectomy with INM compared to patients without INM. Methods: The database was queried for patients that underwent total thyroidectomy for NRD with and without INM. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to determine the associated odds of RLNi. Results: From 6942 patients, 4269 (61.5%) had INM during thyroidectomy. Patients with INM had a similar rate of overall RLNi compared to patients without INM (5.7% vs. 6.6%, p = 0.118). After adjusting for covariates, INM was associated with decreased odds of severe-RLNi (OR 0.23, p = 0.036) but not mild-RLNi (p = 0.16). Conclusion: INM is associated with a nearly 80% decreased associated odds of severe RLNi during thyroidectomy for NRD. Future prospective confirmation is needed, and if confirmed, patients undergoing thyroidectomy for NRD should have INM to reduce the risk of RLNi and its associated morbidity.
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