title: [What is the place of "selective thyroid gland resection" in surgery of benign nodular struma].
abstract: Remnants after "classic" Subtotal Thyroidectomy are of constant size in constant position. "Selective" thyroidectomy intends to remove all nodules, but to save normal tissue--irrespective of their localization. From July 1985 to Dec. 1989 in 48.5% of 1124 thyroid lobes sel. surgery was performed, in 27.8% subtotal, in 23.8% total lobectomy. Primary postop. recurrent lar. palsy occurred in 1.3% after sel., 1.0% after subt. and 2.7% after total lobectomy. 90% of primary r.l.n.p.'s were transient--after sel. lobectomy only one persistend (0.2%). Hypocalcemia: 0.7% after sel., 1.4% after subt. thyroidectomy. Besides better quality and quantity of remnants selective thyroidectomy is supported by low rate of complications.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Klinik am Bürgerhospital Frankfurt/Main.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Wahl
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Seel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vietmeier
mesh_terms: D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D061226:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injuries; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology