1. Assessment and management of cervico-mediastinal goiter
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J.C. Mérol, Marc Makeieff, M.-A. Louges, Marc Labrousse, E. Brenet, Xavier Dubernard, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Laboratoire d'anatomie et cytologie pathologiques [Reims], Service d'ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale, and Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier)
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Mediastinal goiter ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,Goiter ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Conventional surgery ,030230 surgery ,Risk Assessment ,Laryngeal Nerve Injuries ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,medicine ,Humans ,In patient ,sternotomy ,goiter ,business.industry ,Thyroid ,Mediastinum ,retrograde dissection of the inferior laryngeal nerve ,medicine.disease ,3. Good health ,Surgery ,Dissection ,Treatment Outcome ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Otorhinolaryngology ,Goiter, Substernal ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Radiological weapon ,Thyroidectomy ,Neck Dissection ,business - Abstract
International audience; Cervico-mediastinal goiter is a particular entity from the point of view of thyroid surgery. Its volume, hardness and intrathoracic extension require the surgeon to adapt technique and perform a painstaking preoperative work-up, so as to draw up fully-fledged plan. CT is now indispensable, to anticipate risks and determine whether sternotomy is needed. Surgery seems to induce more postoperative complications than in conventional surgery, although they can be reduced by retrograde dissection of the inferior laryngeal nerve and downward dissection of the posterior side of the lobe to optimize control of adjacent structures. This surgery requires optimal teamwork between all of the specialties involved in patient management: medical, radiological, anesthesiological and surgical.
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- 2017