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Intraoperative Electromyographic Monitoring of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve in Thyroid Surgery

NCT00629746 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2010-09-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study will explore the advantages of electrodes used for monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) in thyroid surgery

Conditions

  • Thyroid Surgery
  • Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve
  • Electromyographic Monitoring

Interventions

DEVICE

Medtronic Xomed Nerve Integrity Monitor (NIM)

patients receive surgery will be intubated with Medtronic Xomed NIM EMG endotracheal tube and the device will be connected to the monitoring system 1. The channel leads from the NIM EMG reinforced endotracheal tube were connected to a NIM-response monitor 2. A Prass monopolar probe was used in direct contact with the vagus nerve and RLN for laryngeal nerve stimulation. 3. The stimuli were generated from the NIM-Response monitor for vagal and RLN stimulation. 4. The NIM-response monitor was set to run with a 50 millisecond time window and an amplitude scale at 0.2 mV/division. Event capture was activated with a threshold at 100 μV. Peak to peak amplitudes of evoked EMG activities were directly read on the monitor screen.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kaohsiung Medical University Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Feng-Yu Chiang, M.D. · Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan

  • Che-Wei Wu, MD · Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery,Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-06-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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