Ann Oto Rhinol Laryn
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Ann Oto Rhinol Laryn · Jan 2010
Spontaneous and evoked laryngeal electromyography of the thyroarytenoid muscles: a canine model for intraoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve monitoring.
We sought to determine the feasibility of performing spontaneous and evoked intraoperative laryngeal electromyography (L-EMG) using nerve monitoring equipment and to compare recording electrode configurations and methods of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) stimulation in dogs. ⋯ Typical patterns of nerve injury can be detected with this system of intraoperative L-EMG in a canine model. Quantitative measures of amplitude, latency, and wave duration in healthy and injured canine RLNs may be determined with this system.