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Table 2 The incidence of EMG amplitude of vagus nerve or RLN stimulation for different TOFr intervals

From: The TOFr of 0.75 to 0.85 is the optimal timing for IONM during thyroid surgery: a prospective observational cohort study

 

EMG < 100

(µV)

100 ≤ EMG < 250

(µV)

250 ≤ EMG < 500

(µV)

250 ≤ EMG

(µV)

500 ≤ EMG

(µV)

RLN and vagus nerve stimulation,n = 277

TOFr = 0,n = 34

10(29.41%)

7(20.59%)

13(38.24%)

20(58.82%)

4(11.76%)

0 < TOFr ≤ 0.5,n = 44

7(15.91%)

10(22.73%)

14(31.82%)

27(61.36%)

13(29.55%)

0.5 < TOFr ≤ 0.75,n = 44

0(0)

14(31.82%)

13(29.55%)

30(68.19%)

17(38.64%)

0.75 < TOFr ≤ 0.85,n = 34

0(0)

1(2.94%)

11(32.35%)

33(97.06%)

22(64.71%)

0.85 < TOFr ≤ 0.95,n = 45

0(0)

2(4.44%)

12(26.67%)

42(93.33%)

31(68.89%)

0.95 < TOFr ≤ 1,n = 76

0(0)

5(6.57)

38(50%)

71(93.42%)

33(43.42%)

vagus nerve stimulation, n = 134

TOFr = 0,n = 17

7(41.12%)

4(23.53%)

6(35.29%)

6(35.29%)

0(0)

0 < TOFr ≤ 0.5,n = 19

5(26.32%)

5(26.32%)

7(36.84%)

9(47.37%)

2(10.53%)

0.5 < TOFr ≤ 0.75,n = 21

0(0)

10(47.62%)

5(23.81%)

11(52.38%)

6(28.57%)

0.75 < TOFr ≤ 0.85,n = 17

0(0)

1(5.88%)

7(41.18%)

16(94.12%)

9(52.94%)

0.85 < TOFr ≤ 0.95,n = 22

0(0)

1(4.55%)

9(40.91%)

21(95.45%)

12(54.55%)

0.95 < TOFr ≤ 1,n = 38

0(0)

5(13.16%)

25(65.79%)

33(86.84%)

8(21.05%)

RLN stimulation,n = 143

    

TOFr = 0,n = 17

3(17.64%)

3(17.64%)

7(41.18%)

11(64.71%)

4(23.53%)

0 < TOFr ≤ 0.5,n = 25

2(8%)

5(20%)

7(28%)

18(72.00%)

11(44.00%)

0.5 < TOFr ≤ 0.75,n = 23

0(0)

4(17.39%)

8(34.78%)

19(82.60%)

11(47.83%)

0.75 < TOFr ≤ 0.85,n = 17

0(0)

0(0)

4(23.53%)

17(100.00%)

13(76.47%)

0.85 < TOFr ≤ 0.95,n = 23

0(0)

1(4.35%)

3(13.04%)

21(91.30%)

19(82.61%)

0.95 < TOFr ≤ 1,n = 38

0(0)

0(0)

13(34.21%)

38(100.00%)

25(65.79%)