dc.contributor.author | Brauckhoff, Michael | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Naterstad, Helle | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Brauckhoff, Katrin | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Biermann, Martin | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Aas, Turid | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-05T09:18:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-09-05T09:18:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-08-28 | eng |
dc.identifier.issn | 1471-2482 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/8418 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: It has recently been reported that a signal latency shorter than 3.5 ms after electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve signify a nonrecurrent course of the inferior laryngeal nerve. We present a patient with an ascending nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve. In this patient, the stimulation latency was longer than 3.5 ms. Case presentation: A 74-years old female underwent redo surgery due to a right-sided recurrent nodular goitre. The signal latency on electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve at the level of the carotid artery bifurcation was 3.75 ms. Further dissection revealed a nonrecurrent but ascending course of the inferior laryngeal nerve. Caused by the recurrent goitre, the nerve was elongated to about 10 cm resulting in this long latency. Conclusion: This case demonstrates that the formerly proposed “3.5 ms rule” for identifying a nonrecurrent course of the inferior laryngeal nerve has exceptions. A longer latency does not necessarily exclude a nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | eng |
dc.rights | Attribution CC BY | eng |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 | eng |
dc.subject | Nonrecurrent laryngeal nerve | eng |
dc.subject | Intraoperative neurostimulation | eng |
dc.subject | Latency | eng |
dc.subject | Nerve conduction velocity | eng |
dc.title | Latencies longer than 3.5 ms after vagus nerve stimulation does not exclude a nonrecurrent inferior laryngeal nerve | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.date.updated | 2014-08-31T03:03:51Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Michael Brauckhoff et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2014 Brauckhoff et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. | |
dc.source.articlenumber | 61 | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2482-14-61 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1175730 | |
dc.source.journal | BMC Surgery | |
dc.source.40 | 14 | |