Rick Schneider

MD

PhD, Department of Visceral, Vascular and Endocrine Surgery, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany.

Latest Contribution

Images showing placement of the monopolar APS® electrode onto the vagus nerve before thyroid surgery.

Continuous intraoperative neural monitoring and thyroid surgery

3 September 2026 | | ENTA - Head & Neck, ENTA - Thyroid / Parathyroid Surgery

Continuous intraoperative neural monitoring enhances thyroid surgery safety, helping predict and prevent recurrent laryngeal nerve injury in real time. Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury with resultant vocal cord paralysis (VCP) can have a significant impact on patient quality of life...