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1Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology,Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine,Kaohsiung Medical University, 4Department of Nursing,Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 5Department of Anesthesiology,Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 6Laboratory Animal Center,Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 7Department of Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, China-Japan Union Hospital and Jilin Provincial Key Laboratory of Surgical Translational Medicine,Jilin University, 8Division of Thyroid and Parathyroid Endocrine Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital; Department of Otology and Laryngology,Harvard Medical School, 9Division for Endocrine Surgery, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Child-hood “G. Barresi”,University Hospital G. Martino, University of Messina, 10Department of Anesthesiology,Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 11Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine,Kaohsiung Medical University
Chapters
- 00:04Title
- 01:13Tracheal Intubation
- 02:09Equipment Setup and Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve (RLN) Isolation
- 03:28Electrical Stimulation and RLN Injury
- 05:43Results: Representative Electrophysiological Analyses
- 07:08Conclusion
This study aims to develop a standard protocol of intra-operative neural monitoring of thyroid surgery in a porcine model. Here, we present a protocol to demonstrate general anesthesia, to compare different types of electrodes, and to investigate the electrophysiological characteristics of the normal and injured recurrent laryngeal nerves.
