• Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China;
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Objective To explore the feasibility and safety of clinical application of bipolar coagulation forceps in open thyroid operations and summarize the operation skill. Methods The clinical data of 347 cases performed thyroid operations with bipolar coagulation forceps and Harmonic scalpel respectively from October 2010 to October 2014 in our hospital were analyzed retrospectively. Results No statistical differences was found on the operative time, intraoperative bleeding, postoperative drainage, and postoperative hospitalization of the two groups (P > 0.05). The complications of transient palsy of recurrent laryngeal nerve and transient functional insufficiency of parathyroid were more in Harmonic scalpel group than in bipolar coagulation forceps group with statistical difference (P < 0.05). But there was no difference of the complications of airway obstruction, permanent injuries of recurrent laryngeal nerve, parathyroid and superior laryngeal nerve in the two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusions Thyroid operations with bipolar coagulation forceps are safe and feasible. Coagulation tightly along the thyroid capsule followed by incision with explicit subtle dissection is the key point of the decrease of complications.

Citation: LIJia-yong, SANGJian-feng, YAOYong-zhong, WANGXue-chen, SULei. Clinical Application of Bipolar Coagulation Forceps in Open Thyroid Operation. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2016, 23(1): 75-78. doi: 10.7507/1007-9424.20160019 Copy

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