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

Table 4 Information on permanent injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) without intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) ( n = 3, 20% per patient and nerve)

Age (years)	Gender	Pathologic diagnosis	Previous procedure	Indication of reoperation	Current procedure	Cause of injury
55.1	Female	PC	To + LNd	T bed	Excision	Accidental
38.3	Female	PC	To + LNd	LN rec	Excision	Accidental
45.0	Female	NG	ST	Airway	Lobectomy	Accidental

Airway, Airway compression; LN rec, Lymph node recurrence; LNd, Lymph node dissection; NG, Nodular goiter; PC, Papillary cancer; ST, Subtotal thyroidectomy; T bed, Thyroid bed recurrence; To, Total thyroidectomy.

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