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Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Palsy and Substernal Goiter. An Italian Multicenter Study
Journal of Visceral Surgery, 2014 The aim of this retrospective multicenter study was to verify whether the substernal goiter and the type of surgical access could be risk factors for recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy during total thyroidectomy. Between 1999-2008, 14,993 patients underwent
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Substernal Goiters and Sternotomy
Laryngoscope, 2009AbstractObjective:To determine what factors predispose patients with retrosternal goiters to median sternotomy.Study Design:Retrospective review.Methods:Analysis of a single surgeon experience with 113 substernal goiters operated upon during a 10‐year period.Results:108 goiters were successfully removed through a cervical approach.
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A Critical Analysis of 33 Patients With Substernal Goiter Surgically Treated by Neck Incision [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, 2009 The possibility of needing a combined access, with neck and chest incisions makes the treatment of substernal goiter a challenge both in the pre-op and the intraoperative.
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Archives of Internal Medicine, 1983
To the Editor. —The article by Ladenson et al in the MayArchives(1983; 143:1015-1017) concerning a sequestered substernal goiter notes that the substernal component failed to concentrate iodine 123 or Tc 99m. Neither of these radionuclides are appropriate imaging agents for substernal thyroid tissue.
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To the Editor. —The article by Ladenson et al in the MayArchives(1983; 143:1015-1017) concerning a sequestered substernal goiter notes that the substernal component failed to concentrate iodine 123 or Tc 99m. Neither of these radionuclides are appropriate imaging agents for substernal thyroid tissue.
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Management of Substernal and Intrathoracic Goiters
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 1986Goiters that descend into the mediastinum can cause respiratory embarrassment, dysphagia, vascular compression, vocal cord paralysis, and sudden death. Although many such goiters remain clinically silent, their ability to produce sudden and unpredictable respiratory distress is well known.
H T, Cho, J P, Cohen, M L, Som
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Giant Substernal Goiter with Chylothorax
Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, 2003A 60-year-old woman presented with a huge goiter extending from the lower jaw to the diaphragm. Right pleurocentesis produced chylous fluid. A cervicothoracic incision was used to totally excise the substernal goiter, with near-total excision of the cervical goiter, and repair of the lymphatic leakage.
Bassam K, Darwish, Sami S, Kabbani
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Surgical Management of Substernal Goiter
Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1994Seventeen cases of large substernal goiter are reviewed. The commonest clinical features were frequent upper respiratory tract infections, dyspnea and a cervical mass. Five of the patients had previous thyroidectomy. The substernal goiter was located in the right chest in 11 cases, the left chest in five and bilaterally in one case.
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A case report of substernal goiter. [PDF]
Hiroshima journal of medical sciences, 1994 A case of substernal goiter is reported. A 78-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with no symptoms. Chest roentgenography on admission showed that a mass of 3 by 5 cm in size with calcification located in the substernal region. Computed tomography of the chest and aortography revealed that the mass was attached to the trachea, but the ...
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Operative treatment of substernal goiters
Head & Neck, 1989AbstractThis report describes the operative experience in 72 patients with substernal goiters treated over the past 5.5 years. Even though the incidence of multinodular goiter has decreased in the United States due to the routine use of iodized salt, we continue to see a large number of patients with massive goiters, predominantly from Carribean ...
A R, Shaha, A E, Alfonso, B M, Jaffe
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Substernal goiter: A clinical review
American Journal of Otolaryngology, 1994Thyroid disease is a very common problem, but indications for surgery are few. We have seen a large number of patients with multinodular goiter. The main indications for surgery in thyroid disease include fear of malignancy, tracheo-esophageal compression, and cosmetic reasons.
B, Singh, F E, Lucente, A R, Shaha
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