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not only larger but also has more nodules. The start of resec­tion on the dominant side is directed toward the leading thy­roid pathology responsible for most symptoms.
Informed Consent
With regard to the treatment of their disease, patients are very interested in shared decision-making. Patient autonomy requires that the informed consent form species the use of CIONM and claries the need for a staged procedure in case of loss of EMG signal on the rst side of resection.
CIONM Equipment
It is performed with the following commercially available devices:
• hand-held monopolar stimulator probe (4 pulses/s, 100
μs, 1 mA; Medtronic) for intermittent IONM,
• the automatic periodic stimulation (APS) electrode (2.0 or 3.0 mm; Medtronic) for CIONM,
• noninvasive surface electrodes embedded or inked on the endotracheal tube (NIM EMG Endotracheal Tube; Medtronic) to contact with vocal cord for evoked EMG signal recording, and
• nerve monitoring systems (NIM Vital; Medtronic) with a pulse generator for continuous stimulation (1 Hz, 100 μs, 1 mA) and an EMG amplier.
Anesthesia andEndotracheal Tube Positioning
Monitored thyroid surgery is performed under general anes­thesia, using the short-acting muscle relaxants to facilitate tracheal intubation and avoid prolonged neuromuscular block. The endotracheal tube is inserted under visual control or video laryngoscope to ensure correct placement of the recording surface electrode at the level of the VC [9]. Maintenance of an electrode impedance of <5 kΩ with an imbalance of <1 kΩ indicates optimal electrode-mucosal contact according to recently published guidelines for neural monitoring standards [7, 10].
Procedure
To obtain meaningful EMG signals, the following points must be observed:
1. Collar incision, ranging from small incisions to exten-
sive Kocher incisions.
2. Opening the carotid sheath at the level of the thyroid car­tilage through a short incision, the length of which depends on the dimensions of the continuous stimulat­ing electrode, and identifying the VN before exposing the thyroid gland through an anterior (midline) or lateral (between the sternohyoid and sternocleidomastoid) approach (Figs.14.1 and 14.2). The VN most commonly courses medially and posteriorly (73%) and less com­monly medially (15%), laterally (8%), or anteriorly (4%) to the internal jugular vein and common carotid artery [11]. The central approach is suitable for small, benign goiters, whereas the lateral approach, which allows greater exposure, is more appropriate for large goiters and reoperations. If the electrical wires can be routed outside the surgical eld, the risk of accidental dislocation of the vagus electrode is much lower.
3. Morphological and functional examination of the VN with the hand-held IONM probe (4.0 Hz, 100 μs, 1 mA) (Figs.14.3 and 14.4) before attaching the CIONM elec­trode to the nerve. If stimulation remains unsuccessful, the troubleshooting algorithm for IONM [2] must be fol­lowed. The right VN should be stimulated further down the neck to rule out the presence of a nonrecurrent infe­rior laryngeal nerve (1.4%) [12].
4. Circumferential dissection of a short segment (<1 cm) of the VN while preserving its blood supply (Figs.14.5 and
14.6). The VN is enormously robust to the usual careful
and meticulous surgical technique in the neck.
5. Placement of the APS electrode on the VN with initial stimulation at 1 mA and 1Hz in a position where it can­not interfere with subsequent resection. The electrode has to be carefully positioned on the nerve at a 45-degree angle with the tabs of the housing held open with forceps and resting on the nerve (Fig.14.7).
6. Calibration of the IONM system. After connecting the APS electrode to the NIM Vital nerve monitoring sys­tem, the baselines for latency and amplitude will be automatically calibrated (Fig.14.8). For stable and reli­able EMG signals, the baseline amplitude should reach 500 μV [17]. When the baseline amplitude is less than 500 μV, the anesthesiologist should position the endotra­cheal tube to achieve a waveform >500 μV.To optimize sensitivity to impending nerve injury, the baseline ampli­tude should be maximized.
7. Start CIONM and stimulation of the VN with the hand­held intermittent nerve stimulation (V1) (Fig.14.9). All subsequent EMG changes are measured against the cali­brated amplitude and latency baselines and displayed on the screen as a function of time (Fig.14.10). Audible and visual alarms can also be dened at thresholds that sig­nal impending nerve injury and require release of the affected nerve. An upper limit for latency and a lower limit for amplitude were displayed as separate alarm
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Fig. 14.1 Medial approach after collar incision with dissection of the short straight neck muscle from the right thyroid capsule
Fig. 14.2 Complete mobilization of the short neck muscles laterally,
medialization of the right thyroid lobe, and exposition of the carotid sheath
Fig. 14.3 Opening the carotid sheath at the level of the thyroid carti­lage through a short incision, the length of which depends on the dimensions of the stimulating electrode, and identifying the vagus nerve. Morphological and functional examination of the vagus nerve with the hand-held intermittent nerve stimulation probe before attach­ing the CIONM electrode to the nerve
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Fig. 14.4 Monitor screen with normal EMG of the right vagus nerve as setup check
Fig. 14.5 Circumferential dissection of a short segment (<1 cm) of the
vagus nerve while preserving its blood supply. The vagus nerve is enor­mously robust to the usual careful and meticulous surgical technique in the neck
Fig. 14.6 Careful elevation of the vagus nerve by driving under it with the nerve hook
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Fig. 14.7 Placement of the APS electrode on the vagus nerve at a 45-degree angle with the tabs of the housing held open with forceps and resting on the nerve
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lines. After establishing the APS baseline for amplitude and latency of the evoked response, continuous and intermittent stimulated EMG signals will be recorded.
8. In addition to CIONM with the APS electrode, the hand­held probe can be used for intermittent direct nerve stim­ulation by the surgeon to facilitate identication of the RLN (R1) (Figs.14.11 and 14.12) and performance of the procedure. Dissection of the thyroid lobes is usually performed in a caudal to cranial direction with close observation of the course of the RLN. For larger retrosternal goiters, the upper pole can be mobilized rst to expose the retrosternal portion of the goiter. After dis­section of the thyroid lobe, the hand-held probe helps to monitor and conrm the nal RLN function (R2) (Figs.14.13 and 14.14).
9. At the end of surgery before removal of the APS elec­trode, the VN nerve is stimulated with the hand-held
Fig. 14.8 Calibration of the IONM system. After connecting the APS electrode to the NIM vital nerve monitoring system, the baselines for latency and amplitude were automatically calibrated. For stable and reliable EMG signals, the baseline amplitude should reach 500 μV
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Fig. 14.9 Start CIONM and stimulation of the vagus nerve with the hand-held intermittent nerve stimulation (V1)
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intermittent nerve stimulation probe proximal (V2) (Figs.14.15 and 14.16) to the electrode contact site to rule out electrode-induced segmental VN injury. EMG documentation is required in the patient's medical records and includes time-traceable measurements of V1, R1, R2, and V2 for each side.
10. Postoperative laryngeal examination (L2) is important to improve the prognostic correlation between CIONM stimulation and postoperative VC function.
Fig. 14.10 Monitor screen with normal EMG of the right vagus nerve (left side). All subsequent EMG changes are measured against the cali­brated amplitude and latency baselines and displayed on the screen as a function of time (right side). Audible and visual alarms can also be
dened at thresholds that signal impending nerve injury and require release of the affected nerve. An upper limit for latency and a lower limit for amplitude were displayed as separate alarm lines
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Fig. 14.11 Mapping and identication using the hand-held probe with intermittent direct nerve stimulation (R1)
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Fig. 14.12 Monitor screen with normal EMG of the right recurrent laryngeal nerve (white EMG) (R1) and the right vagus nerve (blue EMG)
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Fig. 14.13 After dissection of the thyroid lobe, the hand-held probe helps monitor nal RLN function (R2)
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Fig. 14.14 Monitor screen with normal EMG of the right recurrent laryngeal nerve (white EMG) (R2) and the right vagus nerve (blue EMG) after dissection
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Fig. 14.15 At the end of surgery before removal of the APS electrode, the VN nerve is stimulated with the hand-held intermittent nerve stimu­lation probe proximal (V2) to the electrode contact site to rule out electrode- induced segmental VN injury
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Fig. 14.16 Monitor screen with normal EMG of the right vagus nerve after dissection (V2)
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Percentage of baseline (869 mV, 5.75 ms)
CIONM session time (hh:mm:ss)
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Evaluation ofEMG Data
Impending Neuronal Damage
Skillful application of CIONM requires experience and observation of the EMG screen to facilitate interpretation of clinically relevant quantitative EMG signals from “normal” EMG (Fig. 14.17) leads. Unfavorable “combined” EMG events with specic concurrent changes in both signal ampli­tude and latency, dened as a decrease in amplitude of more than 50% and increase in latency of more than 10% com-
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pared with baseline values, indicate clinically important EMG thresholds indicative of impending nerve damage (Fig.14.18).
Artifacts
Periods of minor decrease or increase in amplitude or latency may occur more than once during CIONM.Repeated increases or decreases in both amplitude and latency may be artifactual, likely due to rotation or upward/downward
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Fig. 14.17 Uneventful EMG tracing during thyroid surgery on the left side
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Percentage of baseline (2353 mV, 6.13 ms)
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Fig. 14.18 “Combined EMG event” during surgery on the left side. It is dened as a simultaneous decrease in amplitude by more than 50% of baseline and increase in latency by more than 10% of baseline. It is to
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aging maneuver (mainly traction) on the recurrent laryngeal nerve is stopped immediately, the combined event remains reversible and nor­mal postoperative vocal cord function results
be interpreted as a prodrome of an impending loss of signal. If the dam-
displacement of the EMG tube or tracheal shift with impaired contact between the recording electrodes and VC as a result of thyroid manipulation. In addition to transient loss of EMG recording due to coagulation with bipolar for­ceps, dislocation of the vagus electrode may occur after inadvertently pulling the lead wire; or a mismatch between the size of the VN and the electrode may result in poor stimulation characteristics. An “EMG storm” with repeated
transient lapses in EMG recording followed by increased amplitude values is caused by poor vagus contact of an oversized vagus electrode. Typically, and in contrast to the dangerous traction- induced EMG changes, the harmless artifacts resolve after repositioning of the thyroid gland to its original position (Figs.14.19, 14.20, and 14.21). Isolated amplitude or latency changes are not associated with VC palsy.