openalexDiscovery Medicine2026-07-23
Surface Matrix Electrode Array-Guided Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Mapping Without Nerve Exposure: A Rabbit Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study
Jiandi Wu, Wenqing Hu, Jie Hao, Tao Li, Fengwu Tan, Xiaohong Chen
Background: Precise recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) localization remains challenging in thyroid surgery, particularly in re-operative cases where peri-neural fibrosis distorts anatomy and limits conventional single-point neural monitoring. We aimed to design, optimize stimulation…