[Ultrasonic scalpel in thyroid surgery]. / Bistouri ultracision en chirurgie thyroïdienne.
Rev Med Liege
; 62 Spec No: 83-5, 2007.
Article
em Fr
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| ID: mdl-18214367
ABSTRACT
The thyroid gland is highly vascularized and, in all Thyroid surgery, a special attention must be paid to haemos. tasis and coagulation. Any carelessness in the control of thyroid vessels can indeed entail serious consequences. In this respect, the ultrasonic scalpel represents a significant progress. In this paper, the ultrasonic dissector will first be presented. Then a prospective, randomized trial comparing the results obtained with this apparatus to those obtained with the conventional method of hemostasis in a series of 34 patients submitted to total thyroidectomy for multinodular goiter will be summarized. Without increasing the costs, the ultrasonic dissector allows a saving of operative time as well as a reduction of peroperative bleeding and of postoperative use of antalgics. Finally, the results of 1696 total thyroidectomies performed with the use of the ultrasonic dissector will be briefly outlined.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Tireoidectomia
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Terapia por Ultrassom
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Rev Med Liege
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
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