title: [Indications for preventive tracheostomy in the surgical treatment of non-neoplastic thyroid disease].
abstract: In thyroid surgery, an emergency tracheostomy is mandatory, as is well known, in acute pre- and postoperative asphyxia due to obstruction of the upper airways, especially in cases of malignant tumours. In particular conditions, in the presence of benign thyroid disease and when there is no reduction in the laryngo-tracheal lumen, tracheostomy has an important precautionary function following total thyroidectomy. The authors describe their experience with 6 patients treated by precautionary tracheostomy after total thyroidectomy for benign thyroid disease, analysing the indications and the advantages of this method.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Discipline Chirurgiche Generali e Speciali, Cattedra di Chirurgia Generale, Università degli Studi di Messina.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sturniolo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tonante
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gagliano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Taranto
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Alia
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lo Schiavo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonanno
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014139:Tracheostomy