title: [Transtracheal monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve. Prototype of a new tube].
abstract: A new sensing device for the continuous intraoperative monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve is presented. It is based on a double ballooned endotracheal tube including stimulating and tracing electrodes. The system is characterised by three advantages: 1) it is atraumatic, 2) it is operating completely outside the operating field (extraterritorially), 3) nerve function is being monitored continuously from the time of intubation to the time of extubation. The presented system has been evaluated in piglets. First results in humans will be available shortly.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität Heidelberg.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lamadé
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Meyding-Lamadé
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hund
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Senninger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Herfarth
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D061226:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries; D013552:Swine; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*
vernacular_title: Transtracheales Monitoring des Nervus laryngeus recurrens. Der Prototyp eines neuen Tubus.