INTRODUCTION Ectopic thyroid is characterized by the presence of thyroid tissue in a site other than in its usual pretracheal region. It is a rare condition among the thyroid diseases. Dural ectopic thyroid present in the cervical and anterior mediastinal has not been reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 45-year-old Chinese woman presented with a nonfunctional ectopic thyroid located both in the cer...

Posterior cervical laminoforaminotomy is an effective treatment for cervical radiculopathy due to disc herniations or spondylosis. Over the last decade, minimally invasive (i.e., percutaneous) procedures have become increasingly popular due to a smaller incision size and presumed benefits in postoperative outcomes. We performed a systematic review of the literature and identified studies of ope...

The presence of substernal goiter is, per se, an indication for surgical management. Surgical approach of substernal goiter can most commonly be performed using the cervical access, but at times, a sternotomy or thoracotomy is necessary. The aim of this study was to identify the preoperative predictors of a sternotomy in the management of substernal goiter in order to provide better preoperativ...

OBJECTIVE Myoma of the uterine cervix is rare, accounting for about 5% of all myomas. Compared with myomas that occur in the uterine corpus, cervical myomas are closer to other organs such as the bladder, ureter, and rectum, and the approach needs to be modified because the organs that have to be considered differ depending on the location of the myoma. We divided cervical myomas into 2 types a...

INTRODUCTION Intra-thoracic goiter refers to the extension of enlarged thyroid tissue into the thoracic inlet. This condition can produce symptoms of compression on adjacent organs and can sometimes be accompanied by malignant transformation. Therefore surgical treatment is almost always necessary. In order to remove the pathology with the fewest post-operative complications, selection of the a...

BACKGROUND CONTEXT The hyoid bone is used as a landmark in anterior upper cervical spine operations and is supposed to represent the level of C3 body. However, this correspondence between hyoid bone position and cervical level is not static and changes during surgery (extension after anesthesia). PURPOSE To find the cervical level corresponding to the position of hyoid bone before and after a...

we evaluated the specific pattern of pre- and postoperative neurological signs and symptoms of cervical spondylotic myelopathy (csm) to determine [mdings which had a predictive value for surgical outcome. consecutive patients with csm caused by osteophytic ridge or intervertebral disc herniation who underwent anterior cervical decompression and fusion in loghman hakim hospital from 1999-2003 we...

To investigate the effect of brachial plexus block and superficial cervical combined with general anesthesia in shoulder arthroscopic surgery is objective study. 100 patients who underwent our hospital from March 2021 to 2022 were randomly divided into observation group (n=50) control (n=50). General was used group. The amount analgesics recovery, hemodynamics, pain postoperative complications ...

Although thyroid surgery is a relatively safe procedure, it may be associated with some clinically concerning postoperative complications, including cervical hematoma, incision infection, hypocalcemia, and in cases vocal cord paralysis. Of these, the development of hematoma lead to symptoms compression causing airway obstruction, respiratory distress, or even death due suffocation. Therefore, p...

bilateral vocal cord paralysis is a rare and preventable complication of anterior cervical discectomy and fusion. herein, we report a fatal case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (acd/f). a 65-year-old man with cervical spine trauma and anterior cord syndrome, following car overturn presented to our emergency department. the patient had c6-t10 prola...