Protecting the skin during thyroidectomy.
In this note we describe the standard technical maneuver used in our department to protect the skin during thyroidectomy in order to get the best aesthetic result. We use surgical gloves to protect the skin during these operations to reduce the negative impact of thermal trauma and mechanical retractors and energy delivery devices at the edges of the skin incised. This practice is effective, inexpensive, rapid, reproducible and showed no complication in our experience of over 2,500 thyroidectomies.
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Renan Bezerra
RB
Lira
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Genival Barbosa
GB
de Carvalho
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
José Guilherme
JG
Vartanian
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Luiz Paulo
LP
Kowalski
D006801:Humans; D007430:Intraoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries*; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000517:prevention & control