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Minimal Invasive Resection of Large Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter
Published on: September 20, 2024
[Surgical treatment of transclavicular and transsternal tumor]
Dong-Dong Zhu1, Zhan-Quan Yang
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun 130031, China.
Objective:
To investigate surgical treatment approach of transclavicular and transsternal tumor.
Methods:
Twelve cases of neck-root and mediastinum thoracis tumor subjected to cervicothoracic-combined surgical treatment were retrospectively analyzed and summarized.
Results:
Seven cases of benign tumor survived 1-8 years after surgery. The other 5 patients were malignant tumor. Among 4 cases of metastatic squamous cell carcinoma without definite origin at neck-root site who underwent operation and routine radiotherapy, one case died of orthotopic relapse and armpit metastasis at the 16th months postoperatively; one case was lost of follow-up after surgery; another two cases showed no relapse after follow-up of 50 months and 27 months, respectively. In addition, one case of thyroid papillary carcinoma located at neck-root and mediastinum remained alive for 40 months after operation combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Conclusions:
The evaluation of twelve cases of transclavicular and transsternal tumor with adoption of cervicothoracic-combined surgical approach improves and develops traditional knowledge of surgical therapy of neck-root tumors.
