Some remarks on surgical treatment of postoperative relapse of thyroid cancer (in 74 cases)
- Author:
Duc Minh Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
thyroid cancer
- MeSH:
Thyroid Neoplasms;
Recurrence
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2001;(10):35-39
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From June 1995 to March 2002, in Hospital 103, we have performed surgical intervention for treatment of 47 cases with postoperative relapse of thyroid cancer. Some results obtained as follows: incision made on the scar of previous operation, expanding to one side of the neck in 55.31% and to both sides of the neck in 36.17%. There are 2 incision expanding to mediastinum by total midline stemotomy to localize and expose the trachea before to expose the tumor from post-lateral side and to resect the tumor from its tracheal side to lateral side.
