The present study aimed to discuss the advantage of the application of a cervical low incision for functional neck dissection in patients with thyroid papillary carcinoma. The study was a retrospective analysis of 87 thyroid papillary carcinoma patients; cervical low incision in the functional neck dissection was applied for 47 cases and the classic 'L' incision was applied for 40 cases. The di...

Objective: To show utility of small incision (4 cm or less) in parotidectomy where incision is purely cervical. Study design: Prospective study. Setting: Tertiary care centre. Materials and Methods: In the study period of 7 years, from July 2008 to June 2015, 40 patients were included in this study, and were considered pre-operatively for possible attempt to perform minimally invasive small inc...

introduction: intra-thoracic goiter refers to the extension of enlarged thyroid tissue into the thoracic inlet. this condition can produce symptoms of compression on adjacent organs and can sometimes be accompanied by malignant transformation. therefore surgical treatment is almost always necessary. in order to remove the pathology with the fewest post-operative complications, selection of the ...

BACKGROUND We aimed to identify different methods of treating late perforation of the cervical esophagus. METHODS Ten late cervical esophageal perforations were caused by foreign bodies. The subjects were divided into three groups according to their diagnosis and treatment as follows: Group I: Cases with cervical abscess were drained by lateral cervical incision and primarily repaired, Group ...

PURPOSE It is critical to differentiate among pathologies of substernal thyroid gland diseases because surgical approaches (i.e., median sternotomy or thoracotomy) might also include a cervical incision. The aim of this study was to analyze the features of patients with goiter who underwent a thyroidectomy via a cervical incision and a median sternotomy or thoracotomy. METHODS We reviewed 9 c...

Cervical incision thoracic surgery has recently been described. Currently, there is a move to increase the role of flexible endoscopy in surgery. The use of a flexible endoscope through a natural orifice into the thoracic cavity still remains ethically doubtful. The authors present a surgical experimental study using a flexible endoscope through a cervical incision for the exploration of both t...

BACKGROUND The descriptions of the optimal method for placing a cervical collar incision for thyroidectomy or parathyroidectomy are varied. It has been our impression that a collar incision marked in the neutral upright neck, migrates superiorly relative to the sternal notch when the patient is placed in the supine position. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity of this impressi...

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES The general population has been increasingly concerned about cosmesis and hopeless about prominent or invisible postoperative scars of the face and neck. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the benefit of a retroauricular hairline incision (RAHI) by comparing it with conventional cervical incision for removal of upper neck masses. STUDY DESIGN Prospective clinical ...

Hemangiomas that arise in cervical esophagus are extremely rare, representing 3.3% of all benign esophageal tumors. Although endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and potassium titanyl phosphate/yttrium aluminum garnet (KTP/YAG) laser therapy have been used with success for small tumors, the safety and efficacy in the case of large tumors remains uncertain. We report the successful resection of ce...

Objective: A case of metastatic bone tumor difficult to approach via the transfemoral route in which preoperative tumor embolization through a small cervical incision was effective is presented. Case Presentation: The patient was a 73-year-old male being treated for liver cancer. A mass 60 mm in maximum diameter that rapidly grew inside and outside the cranium was noted in the parietal region. ...