• Department of Thyroid Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University and Clinical Research Center of Thyroid Surgery of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China;
CHENGRuo-chuan, Email: cruochuan@foxmail.com
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Objective To investigate the variation regularity about volume of drainage after initial thyroidectomy, and to find out the time points of safety extubation and the time points of risk extubation. Methods Between September 2013 and April 2014, the clinical date of 71 cases of thyroid tumor who underwent thyroidectomy were prospectively analyzed and completely random designed. The patients were indwelling drain after thyroidectomy, the volume of drainage liquid were registered at each point of time in period of 48 hours after operation and analyzed its the variation regularity. Results The volume of drainage fluid in 48 h after operation was gradually decreased in 71 patients. The reduce speed of volume of drainage fluid in the 12 h after operation was faster, then was significantly slower, and gradually stabilized. The amount of the drainage fluid reached the peak in 2 h after operation in 22 cases, and then gradually decreased and reached the stabilization. Conclusions The 2 hours after thyroidectomy is the risk drainage removing time when is relatively safe. The 12 hours after thyroidectomy is the safety drainage removing time, after that there is no longer any meaning to keep drainage tube.

Citation: ZHAOShu-yan, YINZhe, CHENGRuo-chuan. Clinical Investigation of Drainage Volume Variation after Initial Thyroidectomy. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2015, 22(7): 799-802. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20150208 Copy

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