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Should routine recurrent nerve dissection be performed during thyroidectomy?

Tiroidektomi ameliyatlarında rutin nervus rekürrens diseksiyonu yapılmalı mıdır?

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Conclusion: We suggest that routine nerve dissection may decrease recurrent nerve injury during performing thyroidectomy.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Thyroidectomy is one of the commonly performed operations with low mortality rates; however it has complications such as bleeding, injury of recurrent nerve and parathyroid gland causing serious morbidity.
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Key Findings & Data:Material and Methods: In this study 244 cases performed thyroidectomy with routine recurrent nerve dissection in Bak›rkoy Dr.
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Conclusion & Impact:Conclusion: We suggest that routine nerve dissection may decrease recurrent nerve injury during performing thyroidectomy.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:2001 Verileri
⚙️Variables:Tekrarlayan laringeal sinir · Tiroid neoplazmları · Yatış süresi

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Objective: Thyroidectomy is one of the commonly performed operations with low mortality rates; however it has complications such as bleeding, injury of recurrent nerve and parathyroid gland causing serious morbidity. It is still controversial whether the recurrent nerve should be identified and preserved during thyroidectomy. Material and Methods: In this study 244 cases performed thyroidectomy with routine recurrent nerve dissection in Bak›rkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital between January 2001 and February 2004 were evaluated regarding temporary and permanent recurrent nerve injury in the light of the literature. Results: Of these 244 cases 209 were female and 35 were male with a mean age of 43.36 years. Mean follow up was 15 months and mean hospital stay was 2.5 days. Preoperative diagnosis was multinodular goiter in 222 cases, thyroid carcinoma in 11 cases, diffuse toxic goiter in 6 cases and follicular neoplasia in 5 cases. Choice of operation was bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy in 114 cases, unilateral total thyroidectomy in 49 cases, unilateral total and unilateral subtotal thyroidectomy in 48 cases and bilateral total thyroidectomy in 33 cases. Mean operation time was 73 minutes. In early postoperative period symptoms suggesting recurrent nerve injury developed in 10 cases as hoarseness in 8 cases and hoarseness accompanied with respiratory distress in 2 cases. Control laryngoscopies performed at the end of the first postoperative month revealed recurrent nerve paralysis in 3 of the cases but at the control by the end of the sixth postoperative month 2 of these cases were improved. Conclusion: We suggest that routine nerve dissection may decrease recurrent nerve injury during performing thyroidectomy.

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Amaç: Tiroidektomi, sık uygulanan ve mortalitesi oldukça düşük ameliyatlardan biri olmasına rağmen ciddi morbiditelere neden olabilen kanama, rekurren sinir ve paratiroid bezlerinin hasarı gibi komplikasyonları mevcuttur. Tiroidektomi ameliyatında rekurren sinir hasarını önlemek için bu sinirin görülerek korunmasının gerekliliği konusu tartışmalıdır.Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu çalışmada Ocak 2001 ile Şubat 2004 tarihleri arasında Bakırköy Dr. Sadi Konuk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesinde tiroidektomi ameliyatı olmuş ve rutin sinir diseksiyonu yapılmış 244 olgu, literatür bilgileri ışığında gelişen geçici ve kalıcı rekurren sinir hasarı açısından değerlendirilmiştir.Bulgular: Çalışmaya alınan 244 olgudan 209'u kadın, 35'i erkek, yaş ortalaması 43.36 idi. Ortalama takip süresi 15 ay, hastanede kalma süresi 2.5 gün idi. Olguların 222'si multinodüler guatr (MNG), 11'i tiroid karsinomu, 6'sı diffüz toksik guatr ve 5'i foliküler neoplazi tanısı almıştı. Olguların 114'üne bilateral subtotal tiroidektomi (BSTT), 49'una tek taraflı total tiroidekto tomi, ve 33'üne bilateral total tiroidektomi yapıldı. Ameliyat süresi ortalama 73 dk olarak saptandı. Postoperatif erken dönemde 8 olguda ses kısıklığı, 2 olguda ses kısıklığı ve solunum sıkıntısı olmak üzere toplam 10 olguda rekurren sinir hasarı düşündüren bulgular gelişti. Postoperatif birinci ay yapılan kontrol laringoskopilerde üç olguda (%1.23) rekurren sinir paralizisine ait bulgular saptanırken altıncı ayda yalnızca BSST yapılmış bir olguda (%0.4) bu bulgular sebat etmekteydi.Sonuç: Tiroidektomilerde kalıcı rekürran sinir hasarının azaltılmasında rutin sinir diseksiyonu yapılmasının faydalı olduğu söylenebilir.

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TURHAN, A. N., ÖNER, O. Z., KÜTÜKÇÜ, E., AYGÜN, E., KALAYCI, M., KAPAN, S. (2005). Should routine recurrent nerve dissection be performed during thyroidectomy?. Bakırköy Tıp Dergisi, Cilt: 1 - Sayı: 3, 102–104. https://ajindex.com/articles/131746

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