Linked Life Data

2228687

Source:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/id/2228687

Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-12-12
pubmed:abstractText
During a 16-year period (1972-1988), 40 out of 477 thyroid cancer patients underwent thyroidectomy for undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma. To analyse the significance of "radical" versus "palliative" surgical procedures with regard to early postoperative course, operative complications and survival, all patients records were reviewed and actually followed up. A significant better survival was correlated with radical (n = 17) versus palliative tumor resection (n = 23) (p less than 0.001), and total thyroidectomy (n = 22) versus subtotal thyroidectomy (n = 18) (p less than 0.006). Radical surgery with early postoperative external irradiation revealed no postoperative mortality and only one symptomatic cervical tumor recurrence. In contrast, palliative surgery, particularly in the case of synchronous tracheotomy, was attended with a relatively high mortality (30%) and symptomatic local recurrences. The results of this study suggest that in undifferentiated thyroid carcinoma without infiltration of the esophageal or tracheal mucosa an attempt of radical tumor resection should be undertaken, since palliative surgical procedures revealed a significantly lower survival due to complications of persistent or recurrent cervical tumor infiltration and frequently were accompanied by local complications during the postoperative course.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0018-0181
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
57-60
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Undifferentiated thyroid cancer: improved therapeutic results following initial radical intervention and early postoperative radiotherapy].
pubmed:affiliation
Klinik für Abdominal- und Transplantationschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract