Importance of latency and amplitude values of recurrent laryngeal nerve during thyroidectomy in diabetic patients

Ozemir I. A., Ozyalvac F., Yildiz G., Eren T., Aydin-Ozemir Z., Alimoglu O.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY, cilt.35, ss.172-178, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2016.10.001
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.172-178
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: Diabetes mellitus may cause degeneration in the myelin and/or axonal structures of peripheral nerves. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of diabetic neuropathy on intraoperative neuromonitoring findings such as latency and amplitude values of the recurrent laryngeal nerves during thyroidectomy. To our knowledge this is the first study to report comparison of the electrophysiologic features of diabetic and non-diabetic patients.