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87th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

04.05. - 07.05.2016, Düsseldorf

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Thyroid surgery – step by step

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  • corresponding author Lisa Schüller - Department for Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Städtisches Klinikum Solingen, Solingen, Germany
  • author Andreas M. Sesterhenn - Department for Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Städtisches Klinikum Solingen, Solingen, Germany

German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. 87th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. Düsseldorf, 04.-07.05.2016. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2016. Doc16hno12

doi: 10.3205/16hno12, urn:nbn:de:0183-16hno120

Published: September 7, 2016

© 2016 Schüller et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

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Historically, thyroid and parathyroid surgery in Germany is predominantly performed by general surgeons. Nationwide, more than 100,000 operations of the thyroid gland are performed every year. Only a minor proportion of these interventions is done by otorhinolaryngologists/head and neck surgeons, which are in fact the appropriate surgeons for this anatomical region. Moreover, long term complications after thyroid surgery are almost exclusively treated by otorhinolaryngologists. Currently in Germany, advanced thyroid surgery training programs and adequate teaching material for otorhinolaryngologists/head and neck surgeons barely exist. In this context, this instructional video provides a comprehensive presentation of important peri- and intraoperative aspects of thyroid surgery with the use of harmonic scalpels and neuromonitoring systems.