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What is the treatment of tracheal lesions associated with traditional thyroidectomy? Case report and systematic review

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WORLD JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY SURGERY
Volume 13, Issue -, Pages -

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BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/s13017-018-0175-4

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Total thyroidectomy; Tracheal injury; Tracheal surgery; Tracheal lesion; Tracheal laceration; Tracheostomy

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Aim: The aim of this study is to review the literature focusing on various treatments based on time of tracheal injury and on different surgeons' personal experience. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all cases of total thyroidectomy performed at the University Surgical Department of Ospedali Riuniti of Foggia from 2006 to 2017. Only a single case of tracheal lesion due to traditional total thyroidectomy was found. An extensive search of the relevant literature was carried out using MEDLINE (PubMed). We included articles that reported article type, patient number, sex, age, reasons for surgery, time of tracheal perforation intraoperatively or delayed rupture, symptoms, diagnosis, type of surgical procedure, pathological report and follow-up. Results: A total of 156 published studies were screened from the sources listed. Of these, 15 studies were included in the present study. We introduced our case in the analysis. A total of 16 patients were totally analysed. There were seven males (43.7%) and seven females (43.7%), and for two patients, gender was not available. The mean patient age was 41.6 years. Conclusions: The literature review showed very few cases treated differently. However, it would be good to standardise treatments. Tracheal perforation, if encountered, needs to be managed appropriately in centres of expertise with a high volume of thyroidectomies.

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