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WCTC4 Steering Committee:
Gregory W. Randolph, MD
Bryan McIver, MD
Jeremy Freeman, MD
Ian J. Witterick, MD
Ashok R. Shaha, MD
Jatin P. Shah, MD
Michael Tuttle, MD
Novel use of Continuous Vagus Stimulation in a Robotic Transaxillary Thyroidectomy
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on to recognize early stretch. Initial stimulation of the Vag us nerve revealed evidence amplitude of 455uV an d latency 4.6msec. After dissection of the carotid, the Vagus nerve was identified and circumferentially dissected. Then, An Autonomous Periodic Stimulation (APS) electrode was placed on it for continuous stimulation. A good signal was recorded (amplitude 450uV, latency of 4.6msec). Final stimulation of the Vagu s showed Amplitude: 403uV, latency: 4.6msec final stimulation of the recurrent nerve showed amplitude: 361uV and latency: 1.2msec.
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