GOITER INCISIONS

Abdominal Incisions

The abdominal parietes depend to a large extent for their arrangement upon the survival and evolution of those structures which are of use in the economy. We should therefore expect, as we find, that the normal anatomical arrangement of the abdominal wall, as the outcome of evolution, is the standard of perfection, the ideal of the wise surgeon. In our reverie we may look back to the time when ...

Endemic Goiter

ENDEMIC GOITER. The Adaptation of Man to Iodine Deficiency. By John B. Stanbury, Gordon L. Brownell, Douglas S. Riggs, Hector Perinetti, Juan Itoiz, and Enrique B. Del Castillo. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1954. 209 pp. $4.00. This monograph reports the results obtained by the Andean Goiter Expedition, a joint project undertaken by Harvard Medical School, the University ...

Incisions great and small.

Retrosternal Goiter

Objective. Retrosternal goiters pose a significant challenge in determining the indications and appropriate approach for surgical removal while limiting postoperative morbidity and mortality. The objective of this study is to use the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database to compare outcomes of transcervical and transthoracic approaches for retrosternal goiter removal an...

Transconjunctival single-plane sclerocorneal incisions versus clear corneal incisions in cataract surgery.

PURPOSE To compare a transconjunctival single-plane sclerocorneal incision with 2 tiny conjunctival cuts at both ends and a clear corneal incision (CCI) in cataract surgery. SETTING Department of Ophthalmology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. METHODS Patients having routine cataract surgery were randomly divided into 2 groups based on incision type; th...