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LigaSure in total thyroidectomy [PDF]
Surgery Today, 2008 LigaSure is a bipolar diathermy system, which achieves vessel sealing with reduced thermal spread. The device has been used successfully in abdominal operations and because of its features, it has been applied recently in thyroid surgery to minimize the risk of complications such as laryngeal nerve palsy and hypocalcemia, and also to reduce the ...
CIPOLLA, Calogero +5 more
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Total thyroidectomy: Complications and technique [PDF]
World Journal of Surgery, 1986 AbstractDuring the 27‐year period from 1957 to 1984, four hundred thirty patients underwent total thyroidectomies for malignant or benign disease of the thyroid gland at our institutions. Thyroid cancer was found in 83.4% of cases, and 47.2% of these had concomitant lymph node dissections.
Fung, Lit K. +4 more
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Total Endoscopic Thyroidectomy
Asian Journal of Surgery, 2003 We have developed endoscopic thyroidectomy procedures using anterior chest and axillary approaches. Both of our procedures differ significantly from the usual thyroidectomy, which involves lifting both the platysma and the sternohyoid muscle. Because only the platysma is lifted during our procedures, a CO(2) insufflation pressure of less than 4 mmHg is
Yoshifumi Ikeda, Hiroshi Takami
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The Professional Medical Journal, 2013 Objective: To find out frequency of hypocalcemia after total thyroidectomy. Study design: Descriptive study. Methods:60 patients undergoing total thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter from January 2010 to December 2010. Evaluation of results was doneby analyzining the data in SPSS V-17.
Sarwat Bibi +2 more
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Total or near-total thyroidectomy versus subtotal thyroidectomy for multinodular non-toxic goitre in adults [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2015 Total thyroidectomy (TT) and subtotal thyroidectomy (ST) are worldwide treatment options for multinodular non-toxic goitre in adults. Near TT, defined as a postoperative thyroid remnant less than 1 mL, is supposed to be a similarly effective but safer option than TT.
CIROCCHI, Roberto +9 more
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Endoscopic total thyroidectomy.
JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, 2009 Endoscopic neck surgery for the thyroid and parathyroid is being tested as an alternative to open thyroidectomy. The aim of this study was to determine the safety and feasibility of endoscopic transaxillary total thyroidectomy (ETTT).Twenty-two consecutive patients from January 2006 to September 2008 underwent ETTT.
Rao, Ravi S., Duncan, Titus D.
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Complications after total thyroidectomy
Journal of Visceral Surgery, 2013 The two most common early complications of thyroid surgery are hypocalcemia (20-30%) and recurrent laryngeal nerve injury (5-11%). Bilateral recurrent nerve paralysis resulting in adduction of the vocal cords is a rare life-threatening complication (occurring in less than 0.1% of cases that requires emergency management.
Muriel Mathonnet, Niki Christou
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Frequency of Hypocalcaemia following Total Thyroidectomy
Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019 Background & Objective: Patients who undergo Total thyroidectomy are at higher risk for postoperative hypocalcaemia, which can lead to significant short and long term morbidity. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency of postoperative hypocalcaemia undergoing Total thyroidectomy. Methods: A total of 854 patients who underwent ...
Masooma Naseem +3 more
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Annals of Surgery, 1983 During a 10.5-year period ending in June 1982, total thyroidectomy was performed on 213 patients at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A nonfunctioning nodule on technetium scan was the primary indication for operation. Twenty-one of 213 patients had undergone previous partial thyroidectomy.
Jack Aland +2 more
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The “forgotten” goiter after total thyroidectomy
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, 2013 "Forgotten" goiter is an extremely rare disease which is defined as a mediastinal thyroid mass found after total thyroidectomy.We report two cases with forgotten goiter. One underwent total thyroidectomy due to thyroid papillary cancer and TSH level was in normal range one month after surgery.
Beyza Ozcinar +5 more
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