Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift
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Wien Med Wochenschr · Nov 2020
Review[Modern thyroid surgery - the surgeon's endocrine-surgical understanding and his responsibility for the extent of surgery and complication rate].
High quality thyroid surgery implies a surgeon with an endocrine-surgical understanding aiming at best possible outcome. This includes an appropriate extent of the resection and a low rate of complications. It is important that the surgeon is involved at an early stage being part of the decision process for or against partial or total thyroidectomy. ⋯ Nowadays, permanent recurrent laryngeal nerve injury and postoperative hemorrhage rarely occur due to subtle surgical techniques. Extracervical surgical access to the thyroid is still a matter of clinical trials and should be restricted to centers. Radiofrequency ablation is an alternative method for benign lesions or hyperfunctioning nodules in patients with high surgical risk.