Total thyroidectomy without the use of drainage - case series of 66 patients.
作者信息
Sapalidis K, Strati T, Anastasiadis I, Panteli N, Liavas L, Kesisoglou I, Kanellos I
机构信息
3rd Department of Surgery, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
出版信息
Curr Health Sci J. 2014 Jan;40(1):57-9. doi: 10.12865/CHSJ.40.01.11. Epub 2013 Dec 29.
AIM
The aim of this series is to study the need of drainage use after total thyreoidectomy.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Retrospective study of a series of patients who underwent total thyroidectomy from 2005 up to 2013. The presence or not of hematomas, seromas and hemorrhage were recorded.
RESULTS
Out of the 66 patients included in this series, only one case of post-operative hematoma was recorded. Neither a hemorrhage nor a seroma were identified despite the volume, the underlying pathology and the co-morbidity of the patients involved.
CONCLUSION
In our experience a thyroidectomy with adequate hemostasis does not require the use of drains.
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