title: Efficacy comparison of the anterior low small incision and the traditional incision for treatment of thyroid adenoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the clinical efficacy and surgical effects of the anterior low small incision and the traditional incision in the treatments of thyroid adenomas.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty cases of thyroid adenoma patients were randomly divided into a control group and an experimental group. Forty patients in the control group received the traditional incision, whereas the experimental group received the anterior low small incision treatment. The clinical efficacy and complications were compared between these two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The surgeries were all successfully completed. The surgical blood loss, incision length, length of stay, patient satisfaction and health care costs in the experimental group were significantly better than those in the control group, with differences statistically significant (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The advantages of the anterior low small incision in the treatment of thyroid adenoma patients include smaller incision, lower costs, and fewer complications, when compared with the traditional incision.
authors.affiliation: Zhen Zhang, Department of Surgery, Mengyin People's Hospital, Shandong Province, 276200, P. R. China.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: Efficacy; Small incision; Thyroid adenoma