標題: Peculiar anatomic variation of recurrent laryngeal nerve and EMG change in a patient with right substernal goiter and pre-operative vocal cord palsy-case report
作者: Wang, Jia Joanna
Lu, I-Cheng
Chang, Pi-Ying
Wu, Che-Wei
Wang, Ling-Feng
Huang, Tzu-Yen
Chiang, Feng-Yu
生物科技學系
Department of Biological Science and Technology
關鍵字: Preoperative vocal cord palsy;substernal goiter;intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM);electromyography (EMG);abnormal acquired-ventral recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN);case report
公開日期: 1-六月-2020
摘要: We report a patient with right substernal goiter and preoperative vocal cord palsy (VCP). During dissection, an anatomic variation of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) and a prolonged EMG were detected by intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM). Symmetrical vocal cord movement was recorded one month after surgery. The potential for recovery of vocal cord function is high after surgical treatment of a thyroid tumor with preoperative VCP. An IONM enables early localization of the RLN position. lb the best of our knowledge, this case of prolonged EMG in an abnormal acquired-ventral RLN trajectory is the first reported in the literature.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/gs.2020.03.36
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/154811
ISSN: 2227-684X
DOI: 10.21037/gs.2020.03.36
期刊: GLAND SURGERY
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
起始頁: 802
結束頁: 805
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