The estimation of the thyroid volume before surgery--an important prerequisite for minimally invasive thyroidectomy.

ASI Sponsor; Ruggieri, M; Fumarola, a; Straniero, a

The estimation of the thyroid volume before surgery--an important prerequisite for minimally invasive thyroidectomy.

Author(s)

ASI Sponsor

Ruggieri, M

Fumarola, a

Straniero, a

Date Issued

2008-09-01

Abstract

Actually, thyroid volume >25 ml, obtained by preoperative ultrasound evaluation, is a very important exclusion criteria for minimally invasive thyroidectomy. So far, among different imaging techniques, two-dimensional ultrasonography has become the more accepted method for the assessment of thyroid volume (US-TV). The aims of this study were: (1) to estimate the preoperative thyroid volume in patients undergoing minimally invasive total thyroidectomy using a mathematical formula and (2) to verify its validity by comparing it with the postsurgical TV (PS-TV).

URI

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13025/2676

ISSN

1435-2451

Journal

Langenbecks archives of surgery / Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chirurgie

URL

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18690473

The estimation of the thyroid volume before surgery--an important prerequisite for minimally invasive thyroidectomy.

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