SURGERY OF SUBSTERNAL AND INTRATHORACIC GOITERS
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Substernal goiters: incidence, surgical approach, and complications in a tertiary care referral center.
BACKGROUND Surgery is the treatment of choice for substernal goiters, but there are still some controversies on their definition, the surgical approach, and the complications rate. We analyzed our experience in a tertiary care referral center. METHODS Among a series of 2263 patients who underwent thyroidectomy between 2004 and 2008, 355 patients with substernal goiter were identified. A contr...
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Intrathoracic goiters are usually located anteriorly, in the superior or anterior mediastinum, and are termed substernal or retrosternal goiters. Posterior mediastinal goiters are rare, about 10% of all intrathoracic goiters. Patients with retrosternal goiter usually have a visible or palpable cervical mass. In addition, tracheal deviation may be present with compression symptoms. Posterior med...
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HYPOTHESIS Complications associated with thyroidectomy for intrathoracic goiters have been underestimated because of the lack of a precise definition of high-risk patients. DESIGN Retrospective multicenter multinational review of medical records and radiographic images of patients who underwent thyroidectomy for intrathoracic goiters reaching the carina tracheae. Demographic, clinical, operat...
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Because of their tendency to progressively enlarge with compression of adjacent structures, as well as the small chance of malignancy, most intrathoracic goiters should be excised surgically. Most anterior substernal goiters and some ipsilateral posterior mediastinal goiters can be removed safely through a cervical incision. Large posterior mediastinal goiters, contralateral retrotracheal or re...
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OBJECTIVE This study aims to compare the prevalence of laryngopharyngeal reflux signs between two groups of patients undergoing thyroidectomy for voluminous goiter: substernal goiters and voluminous cervical goiter without thoracic extension. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A retrospective case-control study was performed with data retrieved of the charts of the patients submitted to thyroidectomies occ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Surgery
سال: 1921
ISSN: 0004-0010
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1921.01110040010001