title: Treatment of patients with carcinoma of the thyroid invading the airway.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if complete resection (vs incomplete resection) improved survival of patients with thyroid carcinoma invading the airway.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective, nonrandomized end point study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Tertiary care referral centers.
  
  
  METHODS
  All patients who had invasion of the airway by thyroid carcinoma and underwent some type of surgical resection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Surgical resection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survival.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Complete resection showed significantly better survival than incomplete resection (P = .0136).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Complete resection of thyroid carcinoma invading the airway offers improved survival compared with incomplete resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Bronchoesophagology, Rush Medical College of Rush University, Chicago, Ill.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Danielzadeh
authors.forename: D D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Caldarelli
mesh_terms: D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D018265:Carcinoma, Papillary, Follicular / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D037981:Neck Dissection / Q000379:methods*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome