COMPRESSION SYNDROM IN DISEASES OF THE THYROID GLAND AS THE REASON FOR URGENT OPERATIONS

Abstract

Reports of immediately and urgent interventions on the thyroid gland are rare. From 1974 to 2015, 97 patients with thyroid disease were operated in the Endocrine Surgery Center, they was 0.57% of 29325 patients. All patients had symptoms of compression of the neck and mediastinum organs. All patients were divided into 2 groups. I group consists of 52 (31.1%) patients who underwent immediately surgical interventions. The second group includes 115 (68.9%) patients operated for urgent indications. The mean age of patients operated for immediately reasons was 73.0±1.39 year. The mean age of patients operated for urgent indications was 63.8±1.51 year. Among the reasons that caused the compression syndrome, the differentiated cancer of the thyroid gland was observed in 79 (47.3%) cases. Benign thyroid diseases caused urgent surgical interventions in 88 (52.7%) patients. In our work, we first used the definition of the degree of tracheal constriction with spirography in 135 (80.84%) patients to identify indications for immediately and urgent surgery. During immediately surgical interventions, radical operations were performed on 8 (22.9%) patients with differentiated cancer of the thyroid gland, in cases of urgent interventions, this figure is 2 times more - 23 (52.3%) patients. The performance of urgent operations increases the possibility of radical surgical interventions, reducing the frequency of postoperative complications.