Thyroid cancer and post thyroidectomy tracheomalacia: algorithm for decoding a diagnostic dilemma!
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Post-thyroidectomy tracheomalacia: minimal risk despite significant tracheal compression.
BACKGROUND Tracheomalacia is a feared complication of goitre surgery, but considered rare in the Western World. This study aimed to estimate the risk of tracheomalacia in a contemporary series of patients with goitres causing significant tracheal compression. METHODS A retrospective review was conducted of thyroidectomies performed in a UK tertiary referral centre over a 30 month period. Anae...
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Copyright: © 2012 Barczyński M. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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عنوان ژورنال: Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2090-925X
DOI: 10.1186/s42077-020-00061-2