Continuous intraoperative vagus nerve stimulation for identification of imminent recurrent laryngeal nerve injury

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1591-1598

  Schneider, Rick ^a   Randolph, Gregory W ^b   Sekulla, Carsten ^a   Phelan, Eimear ^b   Thanh, Phuong Nguyen ^a   Bucher, Michael ^a   Machens, Andreas ^a   Dralle, Henning ^a   Lorenz, Kerstin ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

APS electrode; Continuous intraoperative nerve monitoring; loss of signal; recurrent laryngeal nerve injury; vagal electrode; vagus nerve stimulation; vocal cord palsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATED PERIODIC STIMULATION ELECTRODE; CONTINUOUS INTRAOPERATIVE NERVE MONITORING; ELECTRODE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEUROMUSCULAR MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; THYROID SURGERY; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

APS ELECTRODE; CONTINUOUS INTRAOPERATIVE NERVE MONITORING; LOSS OF SIGNAL; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURY; VAGAL ELECTRODE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION; VOCAL CORD PALSY;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 84886435328     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23187     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Dralle H, Sekulla C, Haerting J, et al. Risk factors of paralysis and functional outcome after recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring in thyroid surgery. Surgery 2004; 136: 1310-1322.
2. Hermann M, Hellebart C, Freissmuth M,. Neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery: prospective evaluation of intraoperative electrophysiological responses for the prediction of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury. Ann Surg 2004; 240: 9-17.
3. Randolph GW, Kobler JB, Wilkins J,. Recurrent laryngeal nerve identification and assessment during thyroid surgery: laryngeal palpation. World J Surg 2004; 28: 755-760.
4. Chiang FY, Lu IC, Kuo WR, et al. The mechanism of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during thyroid surgery-the application of intraoperative neuromonitoring. Surgery 2008; 143: 743-749.
5. Dionigi G, Barczynski M, Chiang FY, et al. Why monitor the recurrent laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery? J Endocrinol Invest 2010; 33: 819-822.
6. Higgins TS, Gupta R, Ketcham AS, et al. Recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring versus identification alone on post-thyroidectomy true vocal fold palsy: a meta-analysis. Laryngoscope 2011; 121: 1009-1017.
7. Musholt TJ, Clerici T, Dralle H, et al. German Association of Endocrine Surgeons practice guidelines for the surgical treatment of benign thyroid disease. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2011; 396: 639-649.
8. Angelos P,. Ethical and medicolegal issues in neuromonitoring during thyroid and parathyroid surgery: a review of the recent literature. Curr Opin Oncol 2012; 24: 16-21.
9. Randolph GW, Dralle H, Abdullah H, et al. Electrophysiologic recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during thyroid and parathyroid surgery: international standards guideline statement. Laryngoscope 2011; 121: S1-S16.
10. Lorenz K, Sekulla C, Schelle J, et al. What are normal quantitative parameters of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) in thyroid surgery? Langenbecks Arch Surg 2010; 395: 901-909.
11. Lamadé W, Ulmer C, Seimer A, et al. A new system for continuous recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring. Minim Invasive Ther Allied Technol 2007; 16: 149-154.
12. Schneider R, Przybyl J, Pliquett U, et al. A new vagal anchor electrode for real-time monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Am J Surg 2010; 199: 507-514.
13. Ulmer C, Friedrich C, Kohler A, et al. Impact of continuous intraoperative neuromonitoring on autonomic nervous system during thyroid surgery. Head Neck 2011; 33: 976-984.
14. Lamadé W, Ulmer C, Rieber F, et al. New backstrap vagus electrode for continuous intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery. Surg Innov 2011; 18: 206-213.
15. Schneider R, Przybyl J, Hermann M, et al. A new anchor electrode design for continuous neuromonitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve by vagal nerve stimulations. Langenbecks Arch Surg 2009; 394: 903-910.
16. Randolph GW,. Intraoperative recurrent laryngeal electromyographic nerve monitoring during thyroid surgery. The prediction of postoperative vocal cord function. In: Surgery of the Thyroid and Parathyroid Glands. Philadelphia: Saunders; 2003. pp 316-342.
17. Dralle H, Sekulla C, Lorenz K, et al. Intraoperative monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery. World J Surg 2008; 32: 1358-1366.
18. Barczyński M, Konturek A, Cichoń S,. Randomized clinical trial of visualization versus neuromonitoring of recurrent laryngeal nerves during thyroidectomy. Br J Surg 2009; 96: 240-246.
19. Jonas J,. Continuous vagal nerve stimulation for recurrent laryngeal nerve protection in thyroid surgery. Eur Surg Res 2010; 44: 185-191.
20. Schneider R, Lamade W, Hermann M, et al. [Continuous intraoperative neuromonitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve in thyroid surgery (CIONM): where are we now? An update to the European Symposium of Continuous Neuromonitoring in Thyroid Surgery.] Zentralbl Chir 2012; 137: 88-90.
21. Dionigi G, Bacuzzi A, Boni L, et al. What is the learning curve for intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid surgery? Int J Surg 2008; 6: S7-S12.
22. Groves DA, Brown VJ,. Vagal nerve stimulation: a review of its applications and potential mechanisms that mediate its clinical effects. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2005; 29: 493-500.
23. Ulmer C, Koch KP, Seimer A, et al. Real-time monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve: an observational clinical trial. Surgery 2008; 143: 359-365.
24. Snyder SK, Lairmore TC, Hendricks JC, et al. Elucidating mechanisms of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy. J Am Coll Surg 2008; 206: 123-130.