MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) today recognized Henning Dralle, M.D., Professor at the University of Halle-Wittenberg in Halle, Germany, who received the World Journal of Surgery award for Best Paper of 2008. Professor Dralle received the award as lead author for the paper, “Intraoperative Monitoring of the Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve in Thyroid Surgery,” published in the Feb. 2008 issue of WJS, on Sunday, Sept. 6 at the annual International Surgical Week conference in Adelaide, Australia. Professor Dralle accepted this award on behalf of the paper’s co- authors and the German IONM (Intraoperative Nerve Monitoring) Study Group.
