Il trattamento del gozzo immerso. La nostra esperienza

Published on Jan 1, 2003in Il Giornale di chirurgia
Maria Adelfina Barbuscia4
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 , C. Praticò7
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 + 5 AuthorsSalvatore Gorgone4
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Gli Autori, dopo avere accennato alla storia naturale del gozzo immerso, riferiscono la loro esperienza di tale patologia maturata negli ultimi 5 anni, sottolineando i caratteri della complessa sintoma - tologia osservata nei vari casi, la condotta terapeutica seguita, i buoni risultati ottenuti. Si soffermano quindi ad elencare le molteplici classificazioni, via via proposte. Illustrano le complesse situazioni sia di ordine emodina - mico che respiratorio di particolare interesse anestesiologico. Discutono, infine, sulla diagnostica e soprattutto sul corretto atteggiamento terapeutico il cui obiettivo e duplice: risolvere la sinto - matologia prodotta dalla massa mediastinica ed escludere la possibi - lita di recidive
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Background: The definition of substernal goiter is not uniform and varies among authors. We can define substernal - or retroster- nal - goiter a thyroid formation with cervical de- parture that goes beyond the superior thoracic strait for at least 3 cm and that preserves, general- ly, the connections between the cervical and tho- racic portion, maintaining a direct vascularization supplied by the thyroid arteries. The "forgotten" goiter is an extremely rare disease: a mediastinic thyroid mass fo...
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