Protective effect of intraoperative nerve monitoring against recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during re-exploration of the thyroid

Table 3 Information on permanent injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) using intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) ( n = 3; 5.36% per patient; 4.29% per nerve and 1.43% of incidental injury, P = 0.0164)

Age(years)	Gender	Pathologic diagnosis	Previous procedure	Indication of reoperation	Current procedure	Cause of injury
60.8	Female	PC	To + LNd	T bed	Laryngectomy	Intentional, involved
61.0	Female	PC	To	T bed	Excision	Accidental
38.3	Female	PC	To + LNd	LN rec	Excision	Intentional, involved

LN rec, Lymph node recurrence; LNd, Lymph node dissection; PC, Papillary cancer; T bed, Thyroid bed recurrence; To, Total thyroidectomy.

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