Sutureless FOCUS harmonic scalpel versus clamp-and-tie techniques for thyroidectomy: a meta-analysis of 43 randomized controlled trials
Roberto Cirocchi, Matteo Matteucci, Eleonora Lori, Vito D’Andrea, Alberto Arezzo, Daniele Pironi, Stefano Avenia, Justus Randolph, Ileana Tiraboschi, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Georgi I. Popivanov, Salvatore Sorrenti · 2024
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Roberto Cirocchi and co-authors pool trials of two ways to seal blood vessels in thyroid surgery in a 2024 review. Safe sealing is the key step of the cut: a slip can mean bleeding or harm to the nerves that move the voice.
The old way clamps each vessel and ties it off, a craft from the nineteenth century. The new way uses a sound-wave blade that seals with no ties. The pool holds forty-three trials and more than ten thousand patients, the largest such pool to date. The blade group saw fewer brief palsies of the voice nerve and fewer dips in blood calcium. The authors credit less heat harm to nerves and glands, and they note a lower risk of pooled blood in the neck.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Roberto Cirocchi, Matteo Matteucci, Eleonora Lori, Vito D’Andrea, Alberto Arezzo, Daniele Pironi, Stefano Avenia, Justus Randolph, Ileana Tiraboschi, Giovanni Domenico Tebala, Georgi I. Popivanov, Salvatore Sorrenti |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |