Folia medica
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The incidence of injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) in various types of surgery is reported to be as high as 12%. By monitoring the recurrent laryngeal nerve intraoperatively we can identify it and preserve it even in atypical positions or in operations for processes involving the nerve. These types of surgery give rise to some specific problems facing the anaesthesiologist and the method of anaesthesia used. ⋯ The authors consider as a method of choice the general inhalational anaesthesia supplemented with non-depolarizing myorelaxants and permanent intraoperative monitoring of the level of relaxation in surgery with intraoperative monitoring of the cranial nerve and recurrent laryngeal nerve.