Universal Use of Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring by Recently Fellowship‐Trained Thyroid Surgeons is Common, Associated with Higher Surgical Volume, and Impacts Intraoperative Decision‐Making

Abstract

A survey of recently trained endocrine and head and neck surgeons reveals that the vast majority (95 %) of these surgeons commonly use IONM during thyroid surgery. IONM was more commonly used by higher-volume surgeons. Routine users were more likely to modify surgery based on nerve integrity (i.e., not complete a total thyroidectomy if the nerve loses conduction signal).