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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Medknow Publications and Staff Society of Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Mumbai, India
ISSN: 0022-3859
EISSN: 0022-3859
Vol. 47, No. 3, 2001, pp. 219
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Bioline Code: jp01063
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol. 47, No. 3, 2001, pp. 219
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Letter to Editor - Anaesthesia Management For Subtotal Thyroidectomy in a Case of Multinodular Goitre With Retrosternal Extension and Superior Vena Caval Syndrome
Dave ST, Kamath SK, Shetty AN, Naik LD
Abstract
A 55-year-old female (65 kg) with multinodular goitre with retrosternal extension and superior venacaval syndrome was posted for subtotal thyroidectomy. Computerised tomographic (CT) scan showed the retrosternal extension of goitre, terminating 20 mm cephalad to the main pulmonary trunk, which displaced the thymus caudally and major branches of aorta posteriorly. The trachea was compressed in the sagittal plane more severely in the suprasternal region...
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