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| Year : 2022 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 54-56 |
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Electromyography endotracheal tube – Road to safety for thyroid surgery
Tina Khurana, Rejitha Chandrasekharan, Mohandeep Kaur, Shruti Sharma
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, ABVIMS & Dr RML Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Rejitha Chandrasekharan
Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/arwy.arwy_3_22
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Thyroidectomy is one among the most commonly performed endocrine surgeries. Iatrogenic injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is of major concern in thyroid surgery. We report the case of a 37-year-old female with papillary carcinoma of thyroid posted for total thyroidectomy. Although direct identification of the nerve is considered as the gold standard, we discuss the intraoperative monitoring of RLN using electromyography endotracheal tube and its anaesthetic considerations.
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