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Anatomical and developmental aspects of iatrogenic injury to the right recurrent laryngeal nerve in surgical resections of substernal goiter

The Anatomical Record, 2021
Thyroid surgery is the primary treatment for substernal goiters, and iatrogenic injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RNL) is always a risk. The literature suggests that iatrogenic lesions of the RNL post resection of substernal goiter are not equally
R. Fiorelli, Alfredo Jorge Vasconcelos Duarte, Aline de Quadros Teixeira, T. Montenegro, P. E. Portari Filho, Maria Ribeiro Santos Morard, Manuel Silva Ascenção, C. Oliveira, Pietro Novellino   +8 more
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Combined cervicosternotomy and cervicotomy for true retrosternal goiters : a surgical cohort study [PDF]

, 2021
Objective Intrathoracic goiters are a heterogeneous group characterized by limited or extensive substernal extension. Whereas the former can be treated through cervicotomy, the latter sometimes requires a cervicosternotomy.
Brusselaers, N., Simons, A. -S., Simons, P., Tournoy, Kurt, Van Crombrugge, P., Van den Heede, K., Van Slycke, Sam, Vermeersch, Hubert   +7 more
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Preoperative predictors of sternotomy need in mediastinal goiter management [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: The objective of this study was to identify the preoperative risk factors for patients in need of a sternotomy in the management of mediastinal goiters in order to provide better preoperative planning and patient consent.
Agha, Ahmed, Allo, Cichoń, Cohen, de Perrot, de Roy van Zuidewijn, Erbil, Grainger, Hedayati, Huins, Katlic, Monchik, Morgan, Newman, Sand, Sanders, Shaha, Sitges-Serra, Topcu, Torre, White   +21 more
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Turkish Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2011
Substernal goiter is, space-occupying character within the chest cavity, mediastinuma growing that extended from the upper cervical goiter which may be of primary origin as well as mediastinal and this pathology of the thyroid gland which can cause ...
Remzi Doğan, İlker Koçak, Sabri Baki Eren   +2 more
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The Value of Preoperative Volumetric Analysis by Computerised Tomography of Retrosternal Goiter to Predict the Need for an Extra-Cervical Approach

Balkan Medical Journal, 2018
Background: A thyroidectomy can be performed via a cervical incision in most patients with retrosternal goiter. Aims: To investigate the correlation between the volume of the mediastinal portion of the thyroid gland and the need for an extra-cervical ...
İsmail Cem Sormaz1, Derya S. Uymaz2, Ahmet Y. İşcan1, İlker Özgür3, Artur Salmaslıoğlu4, Fatih Tunca1, Yasemin G. Şenyürek1, Tarik Terzioğlu5   +7 more
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Substernal reconstruction following esophagectomy: operation of last resort? [PDF]

, 2017
Background: The posterior mediastinum is the preferred location for reconstruction following esophagectomy. Occasionally alternative routes are required.
Birdas, Thomas J., Ceppa, DuyKhanh P., Moremen, Jacob R., Rieger, Karen M.   +3 more
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Primary mediastinal goiters [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Primary mediastinal goiters (PMG) are very uncommon; few cases were reported in the literature. PATIENT DESCRIPTION: We report here two cases of mediastinal goiters that met all criteria of PMG. Transternal approach was necessary for complete
Adil Arsalane, El Kabiri, Fayçal Oueriachi, Hicham Diouri, Mohamed Massine Hammoumi, Omar Slaoui   +5 more
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Preoperative risk factors in total thyroidectomy of substernal goiter [PDF]

, 2016
Aldo Bove, Alfonso Lapergola, Gauro D'Urbano, Giuseppe Bongarzoni, Manuela Bellobono, Raffaella Maria Di Renzo, Vincenzo D'Addetta   +6 more
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Low cervical incision combined with video-assisted thoracoscopy for resection of a goiter extending to the posterior mediastinum: A case report and literature review

Laparoscopic, Endoscopic and Robotic Surgery, 2023
Approximately 25% of goiters extend to the substernal area, and most of them can be removed through a cervical incision. Goiters that extend into the posterior mediastinum are very rare, and resection usually requires thoracotomy.
Fei Tong, Zhongyu Wu, Shaohua Xu, Ziyi Zhu, Minjun Dong   +4 more
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Substernal Mass: A Rare Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Oman Medical Journal, 2019
A 62-year-old female with a history of hepatitis C presented with one week of worsening abdominal distension. On physical examination, she had icterus, abdominal distension, shifting dullness, and a positive fluid wave.
Kevin Yuqi Wang, Mohammad Ghasemi Rad , Camelia Arsene, Doina David   +3 more
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