Continuous monitoring of the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the safety and utility of continuous intraoperative neuromonitoring for the prevention of recurrent laryngeal nerve injury during thyroidectomy.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted in consecutive patients undergoing thyroidectomy. Variations in amplitude and distal latency of the electromyogram (EMG) were assessed.

[Surgical treatment of adrenal gland metastases: results in a series of 35 patients].

Introduction: The objectives of this study are to present the results of adrenalectomies due to metastasis, and to analyse the prognostic factors that may help to predict long-term survival in this patient group.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 35 patients who underwent adrenalectomy for metastases in the Hospital de Cruces from 1996 to January 2010. The survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan and Meier method.