Safe and Accurate Delineation of a Non-Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve During Transoral Robotic Thyroidectomy

Key Points

• To evaluate methods for accurately identifying the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroid surgery.
• Analyzed anatomical variations of the non-recurrent laryngeal nerve
• Implemented refined surgical techniques during thyroidectomy
• Conducted a review of injury rates associated with different surgical approaches
• Documented the rare incidence rate of non-recurrent laryngeal nerve at 0.3-0.8%
• Highlighted risks associated with misplaced surgical techniques
• Showed improved safety in nerve identification methods

Abstract