[Importance of close interdisciplinary cooperation in the treatment of diseases of the thyroid gland].
The authors reflect on the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration when resolving problems of the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the thyroid gland. In 1989-1993 at the First Surgical Clinic of the Kosice Hospital 189 patients were operated on account of thyroid disease. During the last year the number of operations increased substantially due to better cooperation. In their group eufunctional nodular goitre was indicated most frequently for surgery. In the diagnosis they preferred ultrasonography and needle aspiration cytology. Peroperative biopsy is used in every operation of the thyroid gland. If the USG and cytological finding are not clear, they perform hemothyroidectomy and send the material to a pathologist for evaluation. By intensive interdisciplinary collaboration they achieved a very low number of two-stage operations in carcinoma, 1.05% paralyses of the recurrent nerve and a 1.58% postoperative mortality.
Bober
J
J
I. chirurgická klinika FNsP, Kosice.
Sokol
L
L
Schwartz
P
P
Blazej
I
I
Adamkovic
D
D
Sabol
F
F
D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*
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