OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possibility of thyroidectomy/lobectomy without drainage after surgery. METHOD: Eighty-eight consecutive cases with thyroid mass have been underwent operations including: lobectomy group(42 cases), thyroid lobectomy with contralateral partial thyroidectomy group (17 cases) and total thyroidectomy group (29 cases) from 2013. 06 to 2014. 06 in Nanjing Tongren Hospital. FIfteen patients with thyroid operation in other hospital were collected from 2014. 01 to 2014. 06, the recovery of postoperative incision were compared. RESULTS: Eighty-four cases were smoothly discharged from hospital except 4 thyroidectomy cases suffered from a small amount of effusion in surgical cavity. Our postoperative wound recovery were more in line with the principle of cosmetology compared with other hospital operation group. CONCLUSION Drainage following thyroidectomy is not essential, if the thyroid surgery is meticulous in each step of the surgery, and can increase the effect of beauty.
Drainage ; methods ; Humans ; Postoperative Period ; Thyroid Diseases ; Thyroidectomy