SURGICAL RESULTS OF MEDULLARY THYROID CANCER

Nguyễn Xuân Hậu1,2,, Nguyễn Xuân Hiền2
1 Hanoi Medical University
2 Hanoi Medical University Hospital

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Objective:to evaluate surgical results of medullary thyroid cancer at Hanoi medical university Hospital. Subjects and Methods:a retrospective combined with prospective cohort study of 34 medullary thyroid carcinoma patients treated by surgery at Hanoi Medical University Hospital from 1st January 2015 to 30th Jun 2020. Results:All patients had undergone total thyroidectomy and lymphnode dissection. The rate of central compartment dissection only, central compartment plus unilateral neck dissection, and bilateral neck dissection were 58.8%, 17.6% and 23.5% respectively. Postoperative stage I, II, III and IV were 29.4%, 17.6%, 17.6% and 35.3%. The most common complications were transient recurrent laryngeal injury and hypoparathyroidism, with the incidence at early post-surgery were 23.5% and 14.7%. Only one patient had chyle leak complication (2.9%). Conclusion:Surgery of medullary thyroid carcinoma is safe and effective.

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