Objective To explore the advantage of transection the cervical muscles at sternal end and flip fixed in therapeutic bilateral huge thyroid surgery.
Methods The transection of the cervical muscles at sternal end and flip fixed in 53 cases was observation group, 44 cases of the neck white line incision thyroid surgery completed for the control group. The completion of the surgery by the same group of physicians. The operative time, operation field of exposing effect, amount of bleeding in operation, postoperative complications, and postoperative drainage volume were compared between two groups.
Results There was no statistically differences of sex, age, disease composition, and tumor size between two groups (P>0.05). Operative time, amount of bleeding, and postoperative drainage volume in observation group were shorter (less) than that in control group (P<0.01). The postoperative complication rate in observation group was lower than that in control group(P=0.04). Surgical field exposure in observation group was better than that in control group (P<0.01).
Conclusions The huge bilateral thyroid surgery with the sternal end approach is feasible and simple. The operation field exposure is better than the white line neck incision, complications after operation is less. It is worthy of clinical application.
Citation: ZHU Xinqiang,ZHANG Ming,DING Chuang,CHEN Yan,Guan Xiaoqing. Application on The Approach of Transecting Anterior Cervical Muscle Group at Sternal End for Removal of Bilat-eral Huge Thyroid Neoplasm. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2013, 20(1): 77-81. doi: Copy