Intraoperative Neuromonitoring in ENT Surgery — An Underutilised Safeguard

Most surgeons associate IONM with spine surgery. But ENT surgeries — particularly parotid, skull base, and cochlear implant procedures — carry significant risk of nerve damage that IONM can prevent.

KEY POINTS TO COVER:

• Which ENT surgeries carry nerve risk — facial nerve, recurrent laryngeal nerve, auditory nerve
• How IONM is applied in ENT cases
• Evidence for IONM in ENT — what the literature says
• Practical considerations — how to integrate IONM into your ENT OT

YKMCPL provides IONM for ENT surgeries in Maharashtra