Background: Thyroid nodules are a common clinical problem, and differentiated thyroid
cancer is becoming increasingly prevalent. Since the American Thyroid Association's …

Intraoperative neural monitoring (IONM) during thyroid and parathyroid surgery has gained
widespread acceptance as an adjunct to the gold standard of visual nerve identification …

Objective: To develop evidence-based recommendations for safe, effective, and appropriate
thyroidectomy. Background: Surgical management of thyroid disease has evolved …

Objective Thyroidectomy may be performed for clinical indications that include malignancy,
benign nodules or cysts, suspicious findings on fine needle aspiration biopsy, dysphagia …

Background The role of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) of the recurrent laryngeal
nerve (RLN) during thyroid surgery is still debatable. The aim of this meta-analysis was to …

Background The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that identification of the
recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) during thyroid surgery reduces injury, and that …

Background Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) palsy ranks among the leading reasons for
medicolegal litigation of surgeons because of its attendant reduction in quality of life. As a …

Recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy (RLNP) is an important and potentially catastrophic
complication of thyroid surgery. Permanent RLNP occurs in 0.3–3% of cases, with transient …

Background Injuries to the recurrent inferior laryngeal nerve (RILN) remain one of the major
post‐operative complications after thyroid and parathyroid surgery. Damage to this nerve …

Background The lack of standardized procedures of intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM)
during thyroid operations may lead to highly variable results, and many of these results can …