Introduction
thyroid diseases
THYROID DISEASES
Postoperative recovery is a key concern for patients undergoing surgery. Delayed postoperative recovery may cause a patient discomfort, a longer hospital stay, a delayed return-to-work, and increased health care costs. Recent advances in anesthetic and surgical care mean that the quantitative analysis of fragmentary indicators of postoperative recovery, including morbidity or mortality rates, cannot accurately reflect patients’ recovery profiles. Rather, overall assessments of quality of life of patients who are undergoing surgery provide more appropriate measurements that facilitate investigations into the effects of anesthetic or surgical care on patients’ recovery and their satisfaction. The Quality of Recovery-40 (QoR-40) Questionnaire (With the increasing pace of the modern life, the incidence of thyroid diseases in China has been increasing year by year [With the increasing use of artificial intelligence in anesthesia equipment, many use of monitoring with the bi-spectral index has shown benefits reducing time to extubation, orientation in time and place, and discharge from both the operating room [This randomized controlled study aimed to evaluate the effects of IONM technology on early postoperative recovery quality by conducting the QoR-40 Questionnaire in thyroid surgery patients. We hypothesized that IONM technology would reduce the early recovery quality of thyroid surgery patients.