Intraoperative Cranial Nerve Monitoring in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

This book covers the scope of cranial nerve monitoring of all cranial  nerves that are of practical importance in head, neck, and thyroid  surgery. It discussed enhanced patient outcomes in a wide array of  surgical procedures in the head and neck that require the maintenance of  complex regional functions by protecting cranial nerve integrity.

Organized  into four parts, the book begins with Part I  offering historical  perspectives on the subject while simultaneously reviewing various basic  and advanced electrophysiology. Part II thoroughly reviews the  extra-temporal bone facial nerve (CN VII), Glossopharyngeal Nerve (CN  IX), Vagal/Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve (CN X), Spinal Accessory Nerve (CN  XI), and Hypoglossal Nerve (CN XII). Subsequent chapters in Part III  provide a complete and applied understanding of the neurophysiological  principles that facilitate the surgeon’s ability to monitor any nerve  and intraoperative neural stimulation and nerve monitoring. The book  presents various techniques as the standard of care to provide optimal  neural detection, understand the neural functional real-time status  during surgery and optimize specific surgical outcomes such as thyroid  surgical outcomes. Closing chapters offer essential conversations  regarding ethical considerations in nerve monitoring and medical  malpractice.

Filling a gap in the literature, Intraoperative  Cranial Nerve Monitoring in Otolaryngology: Head and Neck  Surgery provides a single source for surgeons who wish to optimize their  outcomes in patient care and accelerate their learning curve to the  level of more experienced surgeons.