A new instrument: the goiter extractor.
In order to simplify the extraction of large intrathoracic goiters and to avoid dramatic surgical problems, the author developed a simple instrument to extract goitric masses. The extractor was used 17 times (approximately 10% of the thyroidectomy procedures performed during 3 years). Its effectiveness was proven in 16 cases.
D006045:Goiter, Substernal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000295:instrumentation*