An incision about half the length used for traditional surgery works
just as well in removing diseased thyroids, researchers have found.
This minimally invasive approach is safe, likely speeds wound healing
and has a superior cosmetic result, according to findings published in
the June issue of Laryngoscope.
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The best approach to removing a diseased thyroid, the endocrine gland
just under the Adam's apple that controls the body's metabolic rate,
amazingly may be from under the arm, according to a study published in
the August issue of the journal Laryngoscope.
"It was simply the easiest way to take these glands out that provided a
cosmetic incision," said Dr. David J. Terris, Porubsky Professor and
chair of the Medical College of Georgia Department of
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the article's lead author.
"Because it requires coming from a little distance, it gives the
surgeon additional perspective."
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A study of Johns Hopkins surgeons,
anesthesiologists and nurses suggests that hospital policies requiring
a brief preoperation "team meeting" to make sure surgery is performed
on the right patient and the right part of the body could decrease
errors.
In the study, which will appear in the February issue
of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Hopkins OR
personnel were "very positive" about the briefings, according to
surgeon Martin Makary, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Johns Hopkins
Center for Surgical Outcomes Research and lead author of the study.
"Although
we lack systems for uniform reporting of wrong-site surgeries to
understand the extent of the problem, we observed
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An incision about half the length used for traditional surgery works
just as well in removing diseased thyroids, researchers have found.
