Contralateral surgery in patients scheduled for total thyroidectomy with initial loss or absence of signal during neural monitoring.

Antonio Sitges-SerraL Gallego-OtaeguiJ FontanéL TrilloLeyre Lorente PochJ Sancho

Published in: The British journal of surgery (2019)

After an absence or loss of signal of the recurrent laryngeal nerve following dissection of the first thyroid lobe, contralateral thyroidectomy can be performed safely, avoiding the expense, psychological burden and potential complications of a second procedure.

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