A device for the location and protection of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during operations upon the neck.
A new locating system by stimulus-movement-registration of the recurrent laryngeal nerve during neck operations was applied safely and successfully in six instances. In our opinion, the principle of stimulus-movement-registration deserves wide application in neck operations, as it is simple, reliable and safe and may obviate accidental damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve.
D000236:Adenoma / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007823:Laryngeal Nerves; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D009333:Neck / Q000601:surgery*; D009462:Neurology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010282:Parathyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery