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[The sternotomy and thoracotomy approaches in the treatment of differentiated thyroid cancer in an advanced phase]
A Wiel Marin1, A Veneziani, M Massari
1Istituto di Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Univesità Cattolica del S. Cuore, Roma.
Il Giornale Di Chirurgia
|June 1, 1994
Abstract:
The authors report their experience in the treatment of well-differentiated thyroid cancer. The analysis of 5 cases treated with extensive surgery give the opportunity to discuss about the use of sternotomy or thoracotomy to eradicate mediastinal lymph nodes. The importance of preoperative assessment, especially by histological examination is stressed as well as the role of surgery in the multidisciplinary approach for the treatment of the disease.