Surgery of Retrosternal Thyroid: Evaluation of 36 Cases

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Vural A., Gulmez E., Demir O. F., KÖKOĞLU K., YÜCE İ., ÇAĞLI S.

ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL, vol.41, no.3, pp.261-264, 2019 (ESCI, TRDizin) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 41 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.14744/etd.2019.37542
  • Journal Name: ERCIYES MEDICAL JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.261-264
  • Keywords: Mediastinal neoplasms, thyroid, surgery, FOREIGN-BODIES
  • Open Archive Collection: AVESIS Open Access Collection
  • Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: Retrosternal thyroid is the presence of thyroid tissue in the mediastinum either by enlarging of the cervical or by an ectopic mediastinal thyroid. Surgery for a retrosternal thyroid has technical differences than conventional cervical thyroid surgery and has a higher risk of complications. This paper aims to analyze the cases with retrosternal thyroid and to evaluate the outcomes of the surgery.