Completion thyroidectomy and lateral neck dissection revealed adhesions in the lateral neck compartment after gasless transaxillary endoscopic thyroidectomy: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endoscopic thyroidectomy is effective and safe surgical option for thyroid surgery while providing satisfactory cosmetic results. Gasless transaxillary endoscopic approaches have been reported to achieve endoscopic thyroidectomy in our center.

Case description

We present a patient who previously underwent gasless transaxillary endoscopic lobectomy with ipsilateral central neck dissection who underwent open completion thyroidectomy and lateral neck dissection (LND) (reoperation) in our center. The ultrasound test before the first treatment did not reveal abnormal lymph nodes in the central and lateral neck compartments. Further evaluation of the neck lymph nodes was not performed. Meanwhile, this patient did not participate in the originally planned follow-up at th

SUBMITTER: Xia F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9742052 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature