title: Usefulness of microsurgery to isolation of recurrent laryngeal nerve and parathyroid during thyroidectomy operations.
abstract: The authors report their experience of the application of microsurgical techniques in total and subtotal thyroidectomy operations from January 1984-January 1997. Four hundred and eighty-six patients with thyroid diseases were operated upon with both traditional and microsurgical techniques. The comparison of results shows that microsurgical skills are effective in reducing the dangers and important complications in both laryngeal nerves and parathyroids.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microsurgery and General Surgery, Institute of General and Special Surgery, University of Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cavallaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Taranto
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Chiofalo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cavallaro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010280:Parathyroid Glands; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012009:Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000379:methods*