Open AccessSurgery for thyroid cancer invading into the tracheal wall
Author(s) -
P V Svetitskiy
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
problemy èndokrinologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.124
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2308-1430
pISSN - 0375-9660
DOI - 10.14341/probl200955131-32
Subject(s) - thyroid cancer , medicine , thyroid , cancer , surgery
From 1997 to 2008 we ahhe cure 8 patients with papillary thyroid cancer that grows into the lumen of the trachea. All patients underwent thyroidectomy. Depending on the cancer agressiveness, 4 patients underwent circular resection of the trachea, and 4 patients underwent gradual resection. This article presents the results of treatment of patients.