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The vagus nerve,recurrent laryngeal nerve,and external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve have unique latencies allowing for intraoperative documentation of intact neural function during thyroid surgery |
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| Authors: | Niranjan Sritharan BSc MBBS FRACS Meghan Chase MS PA‐C Dipti Kamani MD Madeline Randolph BS Gregory W Randolph MD FACS FACE |
| Institution: | 1. Division of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, Department of Laryngology and Otology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmarym, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A;2. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A |
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| Keywords: | Intraoperative nerve monitoring recurrent laryngeal nerve normal parameters postoperative glottis and/or recurrent laryngeal nerve function bilateral vocal cord palsy complications of thyroid surgery electrophysiologic parameters |