[Multinodular goitre: not always harmless].

Multinodular goitre has a slow and progressive growth. The clinical presentation of patients with multinodular goitre is variable and dependent on size, location and the functional state of the thyroid tissue. The most frequent clinical symptoms are caused by compression and deviation of the trachea and range from dyspnoea to acute asphyxia.

[Intraoperative neuromonitoring during endocrine surgery].

Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury is a known complication of thyroid surgery. Patients undergoing reoperations or extensive resections of malignancies carry an increased risk of nerve damage. The gold standard for preventing RLN injury is identification of the RLN.