Anterior laryngeal electrodes for recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring during thyroid and parathyroid surgery: New expanded options for neural monitoring

ConclusionsCompared to ETT surface electrodes, the ALEs provide similar and stable electromyographic responses with equal sensitivity for recording evoked responses during neural monitoring in thyroid and parathyroid surgery. The ALEs offer significantly more robust monitoring of the external branch of the superior laryngeal nerve. Furthermore, ALEs are contained within the operative field, are totally surgeon controlled, and are unaffected by the potential vicissitudes of ETT position during surgery.Level of Evidence4Laryngoscope, 2018

Source: The Laryngoscope - November 12, 2018 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Whitney Liddy, Bradley R. Lawson, Samuel R. Barber, Dipti Kamani, Mohamed Shama, Selen Soylu, Che Wei Wu, Feng ‐Yu Chiang, Joseph Scharpf, Marcin Barczynski, Henning Dralle, Sam Van Slycke, Rick Schneider, Gianlorenzo Dionigi, Gregory W. R Tags: Thyroid/Parathyroid Source Type: research