Chinese guidelines on intraoperative neuromonitoring in thyroid and parathyroid surgery (2023 edition).

ABSTRACT:

Background

As an auxiliary tool, intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) has played an active role in the protection of nerve function in thyroid and parathyroid surgeries. This study aimed to help clinicians understand, standardize and reasonably apply IONM techniques in laryngeal nerves function protecting.

Methods

Hundreds of Chinese experts in the field of IONM participated in this work. All efforts have been made to ensure that these new guidelines are practical, systematic, and based on well-recognized cutting-edge evidence. Using the three previous guidelines as well as new preclinical and clinical evidence from China and other countries, the expert panel summarized the current accepted or near-accepted opinions as the recommendations. In addition, the recommendation gr

SUBMITTER: Sun H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10493630 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature