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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 		Bioline Code: jp01063
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Vol. 47, No. 3, 2001, pp. 219

 en 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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