Microscopic versus conventional thyroidectomy-A comparative study in a tertiary care centre, RIMS, Ranchi.

Zahid M Khan; Md Anas

Volume : IX, Issue : VII, July - 2020

Microscopic versus conventional thyroidectomy-A comparative study in a tertiary care centre, RIMS, Ranchi.

Zahid M Khan, Md Anas

Abstract :

This is a prospective study done to compare microscopic & conventional thyroidectomy. Before surgery, patients were assigned either to the microscopic thyroidectomy group (MT group) or the conventional thyroidectomy group (CT group). Outcome measures were operative time , injury to the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) , external anch of the superior laryngeal nerve (EBSLN) , hypocalcemia and wound haematoma. A total of 15 patients (7 patients in the MT group, 8 patients in the CT group) were operated. Mean age was 40.3�7.6 years in CT group and 41.6�8.3 years in MT group. The operative time was 75.2�27.4 minutes in the CT group and 100.6�18.4 minutes in MT group. One patient had RLN palsy, another had hypocalcemia in CT group. One patient also developed post op wound haematoma. There was no complication observed in MT group. In conclusion, microsurgical thyroidectomy greatly reduces the complications of thyroid surgery without much increase in the operating time.