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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Challenges in electromyographic endotracheal tube (EMG ETT) placement via awake fibreoptic intubation during emergency thyroidectomy.

Fathir Fath Mohammad Iskandar, Nik Amin Sahid Nik Lah, Abdul Jabbar Ismail, Tat Boon Yeap

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fathir Fath Mohammad IskandarDepartment of Surgery, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Nik Amin Sahid Nik LahSurgical Based Discplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
Abdul Jabbar IsmailDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Queen Elizabeth 2, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6182-7971
Tat Boon YeapMedicine Based Disciplines Department, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia boontat@ums.edu.my.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2517-597X
Queen Elizabeth Hospital · MYUniversiti of Malaysia Sabah · MY

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury is one of the main complications of total thyroidectomy. If the injury is bilateral, total airway obstruction, aphonia and hoarseness of voice could be precipitated. Hence, it is wise for the operating surgeon to be guided by neural monitoring during thyroidectomy. We present a valuable experience handling a middle-aged man with a huge papillary thyroid carcinoma . He needed an urgent thyroidectomy due to obstructive symptoms. We highlight our intraoperative dexterity in handling his surgery in the context of continuous monitoring of RLN using electromyography.

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Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve InjuriesThyroidectomyElectromyographyHumansIntubation, IntratrachealMaleMiddle AgedRecurrent Laryngeal NerveWakefulnessanaesthesiacancer interventionhead and neck surgery

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PMID33986014
PMCPMC8126277
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