Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IRCCS) 1 article published in JoVE Medicine Investigation of the Electrophysiological and Thermographic Safety Parameters of Surgical Energy Devices During Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery in a Porcine Model Hsin-Yi Tseng1, Tzu-Yen Huang1, Jia Joanna Wang1,2, Yi-Chu Lin1, I-Cheng Lu3, Feng-Yu Chiang4, Gianlorenzo Dionigi5,6, Gregory W. Randolph7, Che-Wei Wu1,8 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, International Thyroid Surgery Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 2Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 3Department of Anesthesiology, Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 4Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, 5Division of General Surgery, Endocrine Surgery Section, Istituto Auxologico Italiano (IRCCS), 6Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan, 7Division of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, 8Center for Liquid Biopsy and Cohort Research, and Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University The safe application of newly developed surgical energy devices in thyroid/parathyroid surgery attracts the attention of surgeons. Animal experimental models can avoid unnecessary trials and errors in human surgery. This report aims to demonstrate electrophysiological and thermographic methods to evaluate the safety parameters of SEDs in thyroid/parathyroid surgery.
